"Quick, go and arrest all those Tuo Li who came back last night, they must be spies sent by Chen Yingliang's barbarian!"

On the first night, some of the Tuan Hu soldiers suddenly came back, and only a few people knew about this matter even if they were members of the Ashina family, so it was not until the attached soldiers quickly went down to carry out the order that Shibi Khan took the time to roughly explain the situation of those Tuan Hu soldiers, and most of the people in the Ashina family were relieved, praising Shibi Khan for handling it properly, taking precautions, and cutting off the connection between the damned Chen Yingliang barbarian and the Tuan Hu soldiers who fought only for money, only Ashina Simo's face changed, and blurted out: "Not good!" Khan, you shouldn't do that! ”

"Why shouldn't I do that?" Shibi Khan asked rhetorically.

"Although Tuoba Hu Bing is insatiable and capricious, they are very grouped." Ashina Simo said quickly: "Khan, you haven't gotten the evidence of their collaboration with the enemy and betrayal, so you directly ordered them to be arrested, once those Tuoli shout injustice, the other Tuoqi are likely to make trouble, and then the matter is slightly mishandled, the lightest is to shake the morale of the army, and if it is serious, it is possible to cause a mutiny!" ”

"Mutiny? Alarmist! Shibi Khan's tone was very disdainful, and Shibi Khan also knew that Tuoba Hu Bing liked to hold together, but he said that these Tuoba would mutiny because of such a trivial matter, and Shibi Khan didn't believe it.

Ashina Simo was a little anxious, and just wanted to persuade again, but he didn't think that a detachment rushed in from outside the tent, and said to Shibi Khan: "Qiqi Khan, there is a barbarian cavalry coming north to my camp, the number is only about three thousand, but it is carrying the handsome banner of the barbarian army. ”

"The banner of the barbarian army?" Ashina's family was all taken aback, and Shibi Khan was also stunned, and said in surprise: "Barbarian handsome banner? Could it be that Chen Yingliang's little barbarian came in person? No way. I'm going to meet him for a while and see what this little brute looks like. ”

Under the great curiosity, Shibi Khan immediately put aside other things, and immediately asked Mao Fugui sent by Li Yuan to wait in the camp for a while, and then ordered to dispatch 10,000 cavalry, led by himself, out of the camp to meet Chen Yingliang, during which Ashina Simo advised Shibi Khan to deal with those suspicious Tuoba Hu soldiers carefully, Shibi Khan was nagged impatiently, so he instructed Aijiang Nalun: "Those Tuoba are under your command, you go to see the situation, find out whether they are spies sent by the barbarians, if so, they will be slaughtered." If not, let it all go. ”

I wanted to see what Chen Fuliang looked like, Na Lun agreed angrily, and angrily went down to deal with those who could be extended, Shibi Khan and a group of family members hurriedly led 10,000 cavalry out of the camp, and lined up outside the camp, but the formation was just lined up, and there were really 3,000 Sui cavalry trotting to the south, and they really played Chen Yingliang's handsome banner, in addition, there were more than 800 people in the Sui cavalry, all wearing white robes, but they had already beaten the Turks several times and were difficult to parry. Shibi Khan also confirmed that Chen Yingliang came in person.

The book explains that Chen Fuliang did not plan to play any tricks when he led the army north this time, but purely envied the majestic style of Li Er leading a hundred horsemen in history to dare to go to the Turkic array to observe the enemy's situation, and then he wanted to see the specific situation of the Turkic camp with his own eyes, so as to launch the next war, plus the Sui army needed to prepare to strengthen the camp today and could not attack for the time being, so Chen Fuliang had a whim to personally lead the army north. However, it is a pity that Chen Fuliang, who has low military force, is very self-aware, and did not dare to lead a hundred cavalry to show off his might outside the Turkic camp like Li Er, but brought the most reliable army to serve the country, as well as Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin, two descendant cavalry and two hundred personal soldiers who hid firearms, and brought the despicable quality of greed for life and fear of death to the fullest.

While trotting north, while carefully observing the situation of the enemy camp, Chen Yingliang found that the Turkic camp was similar to the situation reported by the Sui army scouts, with Shibi Khan's sweat tent as the center, 12 battalions, and concentrated the main forces in the southwest of Yanmen City, and the northwest leading to the Xicheng Pass was deployed with fewer troops. A bold adventurous tactic also quietly appeared in Chen Yingliang's mind, that is, pretending to reinforce Yanmen City, inducing the Turkic army to set up an ambush in the north of Yanmen City, but in fact, he made a surprise attack on Xicheng Pass and cut off the northward escape route of the main Turkic force.

While pondering the surprise attack tactics in a big way, the soldiers of the Sui army also hurriedly pointed to the Turkic army in front and reported: "Look, big marshal, Golden Wolf Banner, that is the symbol of the Turkic Khan, the Shibi Thief Chief may come out of the camp to meet you in person." ”

Chen Yingliang, who had never thought of meeting with Shibi Khan before, looked up in surprise, but saw a golden wolf flag fluttering high in the Turkic army in front of him, Chen Yingliang couldn't help laughing, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect that the Shibi Thief Chief was also here, go to an interpreter who can speak Turkic, and negotiate with the Turkic army, just say that I want to meet him Shibi Thief Chief, and ask him if the Shibi Thief Chief has the courage to come out to meet me." ”

As soon as Chen Yingliang issued the order, an interpreter who was not afraid of death immediately trotted forward with a white flag, translating Chen Yingliang's arrogant original words into Turkic and shouting loudly, which of course provoked a burst of angry roars from the Turkic army, and Shibi Khan was also furious, and really led a team of soldiers with his relatives out of the battle, and shouted Chen Yingliang out to answer in front of the battle. Seeing this scene, Chen Yingliang immediately understood that Shibi Khan's temper was a little fiery and noisy, and at the same time, he inevitably had some regrets, and said that it would be good if I could have a few bronze cannons in my hand, maybe a few cannons could completely end this Yanmen battle.

also led a team of personal soldiers out of the battle, and stood more than 100 steps away from Shibi Khan, Chen Yingliang barely saw the appearance of Shibi Khan, in his forties, with a thick black beard, tall and burly, as strong as a bear, and then Chen Fuliang had an idea, and shouted: "The soldiers of the Great Sui listen to the order, give me a careful look at the appearance of this Shibi thief chief, and remember it with your heart!" After I break the enemy, be sure to capture him for me in battle, and don't make the mistake of letting him run away in front of you! ”

The soldiers of the Sui army sang the promise neatly, and really carefully observed the appearance of Shibi Khan, after the interpreter on the Turkic side translated the words, of course, the Turkic army roared again, and Shibi Khan also screamed with anger on his face, and the interpreter on the Sui army's side quickly translated, and said: "Chen Yingliang little barbarian, I respect you as the marquis of the Great Sui court, so I will give you face to go out and answer with you, if you dare to humiliate Ben Khan again, Ben Khan will immediately order an attack." ”

"Respect me as the Marquis of the Great Sui Imperial Court?" Chen Yingliang snorted very gracelessly, and said: "Sue him, tell him to give me less pretense, if he really respects the Great Sui Imperial Court, why would he sneak attack our Great Sui Emperor's Luan?" And why did you betray your promises, pretend to be peaceful, and actually send troops to attack me? By the way, tell him that if he has the guts, he will come out and fight with me alone to decide the winner, and whoever loses will lay down his arms and surrender with the army! ”

The interpreter didn't dare to translate casually this time, and asked very carefully: "Dashuai, this is not a joke, you really want to fight alone with the Shibi Thief Chief?" ”

Chen Yingliang, who had a firearm hidden in his body, nodded, and the interpreter shouted out Chen Yingliang's words, but as a result, Shibi Khan was happy when he heard it, and said in his heart Look at me, I don't cut your little white face that looks like a girl into two pieces, and subconsciously want to go out to accept the heads-up, but fortunately Ashina Simo next to him stopped him in time and reminded: "Khan, how is the martial arts of Chen Yingliang's barbarian, although we don't know, but Khan, don't forget, the barbarian captives once told us that this little barbarian was two years ago, He once personally led hundreds of people into the ranks of tens of thousands of enemies, burned the grain and grass and retreated calmly, and since then he has become famous all over the world. ”

Ashina Simo's words were like a basin of cold water, which suddenly extinguished the vigorous fighting spirit in Shibi Khan's heart, and also made Shibi Khan completely frightened by Chen Yingliang's paper tiger image, and timidly glanced at Chen Yingliang with a confident smile on his face, Shibi Khan quietly swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and changed his mouth and shouted: "Chen Yingliang barbarian, you are not qualified to fight alone with Ben Khan, and if you want to fight with Ben Khan alone, only Yang Guang is qualified in the Central Plains." ”

Hearing Shibi Khan's reply, Cheng Yanjin, Qin Qiong, Guo Feng and other generals next to him all breathed a sigh of relief - they knew how humble Chen Yingliang's martial arts were, and Chen Fuliang, who was a pure paper tiger, laughed out loud and laughed: "Sure enough, I don't have the guts, but it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter if you don't dare to fight alone with me, I still have a way to take your head!" Three days! Within three days, I will defeat your Turkic army and take the head of your Thief Chieftain!" ”

There was silence on the battlefield, only the interpreters of the two armies quickly translated Chen Yingliang's arrogant words, and as a result, even Shibi Khan was frightened by Chen Yingliang's rampant words, and asked in surprise: "Chen Yingliang barbarian, you are so confident?" Can you defeat my army in three days? ”

"Of course!" Chen Yingliang replied confidently: "Within three days, if I can't defeat you, then I will withdraw immediately!" ”

"What a big breath!" Shibi Khan became interested, so he simply said loudly: "Okay, I will make this bet with you, if you can defeat me within three days, I will immediately lift the siege of Yanmen City, lead the troops to the north of the Great Wall, and let your emperor return to the capital!" ”

"Hopefully you'll have a chance to escape north of the Great Wall!"

Chen Yingliang sneered loudly, and was about to continue the fight with Shibi Khan, but when the words came to his mouth, he stopped suddenly, because Chen Yingliang suddenly heard that there was a strange chaotic sound from the Turkic camp, and then followed the sound, and saw that there was a messy crowd in the camp of the Turkic army, and the shouting and killing sound of Ella Ella could be faintly heard. At the same time, Shibi Khan also found that there was chaos in the camp of the self-army, and in a panic, Shibi Khan immediately pulled out his horse and walked back, and while returning to the camp, he ordered the army to withdraw to the camp and hold on to the camp - Shibi did not want to engage the Sui army when the army was in chaos.

The enemy situation was unknown, and Chen Yingliang, who did not have much strength around him, did not dare to give the order to attack, and also hurriedly retreated to his own position, and observed the enemy situation with the officers and men of the Sui army, as a result, Chen Yingliang and the generals of the Sui army soon found that the chaos in the Turkic camp did not seem to be fake, but there was really a commotion, although it was too far away to see the real, but it could be seen that a large number of Turkic troops quickly rushed to the place of the incident, and at the same time, a large number of Turkic soldiers gathered at the place of the incident. Seeing this scene, the generals of the Sui army inevitably looked at each other, and they didn't understand why the Turkic army was chaotic on its own, but Chen Yingliang quickly came to his senses and said angrily: "It's a pity! I didn't expect that the disturbance effect of those Tuo Captives was so good, and I should have brought the main force right away, and I would definitely be able to win a big battle. ”

Regret is regret, what Chen Yingliang didn't know was that the Turkic army was in chaos on its own, although it was indeed caused by the Tuan Hu soldiers released by him, but the reason why the scale of the chaos expanded was entirely because Chen Yingliang personally went to the outside of the Turkic camp to investigate the enemy's intelligence guide zhì - Chen Yingliang personally came to peep at the Turkic camp, which completely attracted the attention of Shibi Khan and Ashina's family, so that Shibi Khan made a wrong decision and arranged for Ai Jiang Nalun to deal with those Tuoba Hu soldiers who were suspected of collaborating with the enemy, and as a result, Nalun was the bane. This riot was triggered.

Why did you say that the root of Naren was planted? Maybe few friends know that the reason why the Ashina family, which was once like brothers in history, and Li Yuan's family suddenly turned against each other was because this Nalun's character was too brutal and arrogant, and he treated Li Yuan's soldiers roughly, and the director of Li Yuan's subordinate Liu Shirang arrested and imprisoned him when he couldn't bear it. This time is the same, Nalun was ordered to deal with those suspicious Tuoba Hu soldiers, and did not take any gentle means to temporarily stabilize these suspicious Tutuo Hu soldiers, but directly ordered the arrest and torture, and forced these Tutuo Hu soldiers to confess the truth on the spot, as a result, of course these Tuan Hu soldiers did not dare to tell the truth and look for death, just shouted grievances, denied not admitting the account, and the other Tuan Hu soldiers who were very attached to each other did not do it, and immediately forced Nalun to release people, of course Nalun also refused to directly clash with Tuan Hu soldiers, In anger, the Tutuo Hu soldiers, who also belonged to the nine surnames of Zhaowu, forcibly snatched back their tortured comrades, and then the Turkic army naturally had civil strife.

However, it was okay for the Turkic army, the scale of this civil strife was not too large, and Chen Yingliang had not had time to spread rumors to confuse the army, and the Tuan Hu soldiers, who were not moved by Chen Yingliang's empty promises, also maintained restraint, but they only snatched back their companions and did not kill people. He also announced in public that he would no longer pursue and interrogate the Tuan Hu soldiers who came back last night, and the riot was quickly quelled, and Chen Yingliang did not seize the opportunity to attack.

Shouting and hurriedly returning to the camp of the self-army, Chen Fuliang immediately found Li Jing again, introduced him to the sudden chaos in the Turkic military camp, and then asked Li Jing's opinion What should be the next action? Li Jing was also a little surprised that those Tuan Hu soldiers would cause Turkic civil strife so quickly, but he did not instigate Chen Yingliang to take the opportunity to attack, but just said: "Great marshal, you might as well send some elites to grab a few tongues and learn the situation directly from the Turkic soldiers." In addition, we can buy and release a few more Tukarhu soldiers to go back, let them use the excuse that they have escaped from our camp, and deliberately reward them with some valuable things, so that they can go back and be searched by the Turkic army, and then cause dissatisfaction, and then drive the Tuoba team in the Turkic army to be even more dissatisfied. ”

Chen Yingliang was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately followed the order, while sending his henchman Ma Sanbao to grab his tongue, he brought three Tuoba Hu soldiers who were captured the night before, rewarded them with wine and meat and promised a heavy reward, and arranged for them to return to the Turkic camp to encourage Tuoba Hu soldiers to rebel, and took Shibi Khan to give to the Great Sui court in exchange for more money and food, although these Tuoba Hu soldiers did not have the courage to do so, but in order to get out or agreed, Chen Yingliang was overjoyed, and immediately released these Tuan Hu soldiers to return to the Turkic camp, and at the same time deliberately rewarded them with some gold and silver property on the spotand let them carry it back to the camp.

The camp of the Sui army is only twenty miles away from the Turkic camp, and it can come and go several times in a day, just after noon, Hu Jingde under the command of Ma Sanbao arrested a Turkic scout for Chen Yingliang, Chen Yingliang personally interrogated, and soon learned the cause of the sudden chaos of the Turkic army and the results of the treatment, Chen Yingliang was even more overjoyed when he heard the news, and praised Li Jing's clever plan. Li Jing replied: "Don't be in a hurry to be happy, our plan to disrupt the enemy is only the first step of success, the Tuan Hu soldiers and the Turkic army are only the beginning of the conflict, brewing contradictions, we want to let the Tuan Hu soldiers and the Turkic Hu soldiers kill each other, we need to go further." ”

"So what's next?" Chen Yingliang couldn't wait to ask, and said: "Move faster, I released wild words in front of the Shibi Thief Chief today, threatening to break him within three days, and the grain and grass we sent to His Majesty the Emperor is only enough to support three days at most, time is precious, and we must hurry up." ”

"Three days? Defeat the Turkic army in three days? Dashuai, you really dare to speak out! Li Jing first opened his mouth, admiring Chen Fuliang's arrogance and self-confidence, but after he came to his senses, Li Jing's heart moved, and he hurriedly asked: "Dashuai, did you release such crazy words in front of the Shibi Thief Chief?" Did he hear your nonsense? ”

"Not only did he hear it, but he also made a bet with me, saying that if I could defeat him within three days, he would immediately lift the siege of Yanmen City." Chen Yingliang casually told the situation at that time, and said with a smile: "I was casually bragging at the time, if I can't defeat the main Turkic force within three days, I will retreat, but I didn't say how far to retreat at the time, so I only need to retreat one mile, even if I fulfill my promise." ”

Li Jing didn't pay attention to Chen Yingliang's shameless words, just cared at the black beard, and after a while, Li Jing suddenly said: "Dashuai, the lower official thinks that you have inadvertently made a wonderful move, not only creating a fighter plane for us to break the enemy, but also very likely to do what you say, break through the main Turkic force within three days and lift the siege." ”

"What trick did I intend to make?" Chen Yingliang was rarely puzzled.

"It's the three-day covenant!" Li Jing replied categorically, and explained: "Please think about it, the Shibi Thief Chief has made a three-day covenant with you, and within these three days, isn't it necessary to strictly guard us?" Always on guard against our attack? If we defend against stubborn defense, we will not take the initiative to attack, so we can calmly arrange and use our troops with peace of mind. At the same time, how could the thief chief not be in a hurry to grasp and understand our advance plan and army tactics? If there is urgency, there will be chaos, and if there is chaos, flaws will be exposed, and if the Turks show flaws, won't we seize the opportunity to break the enemy? ”

Chen Yingliang was stunned for a moment, only then did he realize that he had indeed done a beautiful thing unintentionally, and casually created a psychological framework for Shibi Khan, so that Shibi Khan decided that he would launch a decisive offensive in three days, which not only temporarily stabilized the Turkic army from attacking, but also induced Shibi Khan to be eager to master his military situation, so that Li Yuan's card could play a greater effect, and he also gained time to calmly arrange. Thinking of this, Chen Yingliang was of course overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "Yes, this three-day appointment can make a big fuss, and our use of troops to fight, strategy and strategy can all be based on this three-day appointment." ”

Li Jing nodded, and said: "Great marshal, Xiaguan thinks it's time to use Ashina Simo's chess piece, Xiaguan Jianyi's two-step chess move of killing Ashina Simo and inciting the Tuanhu soldiers to rebel together, creating the illusion that Ashina Simo is trying to lead the Tuona Hu's soldiers to rebel." "You let out this nonsense in front of the Thief Chieftain? Did he hear your nonsense? ”

"Not only did he hear it, but he also made a bet with me, saying that if I could defeat him within three days, he would immediately lift the siege of Yanmen City." Chen Yingliang casually told the situation at that time, and said with a smile: "I was casually bragging at the time, if I can't defeat the main Turkic force within three days, I will retreat, but I didn't say how far to retreat at the time, so I only need to retreat one mile, even if I fulfill my promise." ”

Li Jing didn't pay attention to Chen Yingliang's shameless words, just cared at the black beard, and after a while, Li Jing suddenly said: "Dashuai, the lower official thinks that you have inadvertently made a wonderful move, not only creating a fighter plane for us to break the enemy, but also very likely to do what you say, break through the main Turkic force within three days and lift the siege." ”

"What trick did I intend to make?" Chen Yingliang was rarely puzzled.

"It's the three-day covenant!" Li Jing replied categorically, and explained: "Please think about it, the Shibi Thief Chief has made a three-day covenant with you, and within these three days, isn't it necessary to strictly guard us?" Always on guard against our attack? If we defend against stubborn defense, we will not take the initiative to attack, so we can calmly arrange and use our troops with peace of mind. At the same time, how could the thief chief not be in a hurry to grasp and understand our advance plan and army tactics? If there is urgency, there will be chaos, and if there is chaos, flaws will be exposed, and if the Turks show flaws, won't we seize the opportunity to break the enemy? ”

Chen Yingliang was stunned for a moment, only then did he realize that he had indeed done a beautiful thing unintentionally, and casually created a psychological framework for Shibi Khan, so that Shibi Khan decided that he would launch a decisive offensive in three days, which not only temporarily stabilized the Turkic army from attacking, but also induced Shibi Khan to be eager to master his military situation, so that Li Yuan's card could play a greater effect, and he also gained time to calmly arrange. Thinking of this, Chen Yingliang was of course overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "Yes, this three-day appointment can make a big fuss, and our use of troops to fight, strategy and strategy can all be based on this three-day appointment." ”

Li Jing nodded, and said: "Great marshal, Xiaguan thinks it's time to use Ashina Simo's chess piece, Xiaguan Jianyi's two-step chess move of killing Ashina Simo and inciting the Tuanhu soldiers to rebel together, creating the illusion that Ashina Simo is trying to lead the Tuona Hu's soldiers to rebel." ”