After secret discussion, Chen Yingliang and Xu Minlian joined forces for the second time, and used Yang Xuanting's brother to make a lot of benefits, first of all, he had no shame in the joint table, claiming that he found that Yang Xuangan felt that the remnants of the party were resurrected in Huaiyang County, but because of the national law, he did not dare to cross the county to kill with the consent of Zhao Tuo, the Taishou of Huaiyang County, and was afraid of revealing the wind and startling the snake, so he cleverly set up a puzzle to lure Yang Xuangan and the remnants of the party to surrender, among which Xu Minlian sacrificed himself to deceive Yang Xuanting's trust, and lured him away from the team and beheaded him. Chen Yingliang led the army to attack and broke Yang's remnants, but he didn't know that Yang Jishan and Li Mi were also among the thieves, so he failed to arrest the two thieves.

Shamelessly turned the blind cat into a dead mouse into a loyal service to the country, Xu Minlian and Chen Yingliang sent someone to contact Huaiyang Taishou Zhao Tuo, informed him of the war, asked him to assist in the arrest of Yang Jishan and Li Mi, and asked the envoy to send a copy of the chapter, and verbally asked Zhao Tuo if he needed to add a stroke, saying that Zhao Tuo also helped Qian County to trap Yang Xuan. Then he made a request on behalf of Chen Yingliang, saying that it was the army of Qian County to exterminate the remnants of Yang Rebellion, which originated in Huaiyang County, although the army did not go out to fight, but the army still spent a lot of money and food during the transfer, so I begged Zhao Tuo to help solve some problems.

Of course, Zhao Tuo understood that Xu Minlian and Chen Yingliang were teaming up to rip off the bamboo, but Zhao Tuo didn't even have the courage to refuse to be blackmailed, because Yang Xuanting's brothers and Li Mi were resurrected in the territory under his rule, until the Qianjun army killed Yang Xuanting, Zhao Tuo didn't know that Chen Ying's injury was Yang Xuanting, if Zhao Tuo didn't hurry up to take some credit in this matter, Emperor Yang of Sui, who was tempered by the bear, knew that he was so incompetent and negligent, and it was possible to make others' heads fall to the ground in minutes!

So Zhao Tuo, who originally wanted to repay the account, had no choice, so he could only take out a lot of money and food with tears in his eyes to thank the Qianjun army for their efforts in suppressing thieves, and sent generous gifts to Xu Minlian and Chen Yingliang alone, begging these two vampires to add a sum to the chapter that he also knew, and also helped Qiaojun trap Yang Xuanting, and in the end, he had to thank Xu Minlian and Chen Yingliang for their kindness and gratitude.

In the end, Xu Minlian and Chen Yingliang naturally had to carefully package Yang Xuanting's head, together with the modified chapters, and send them to Yijun on a fast horse to present it to Emperor Yang of Sui who was there, asking him for rewards and merits, and by the way, they inquired about the battle situation of the three expeditions to Goguryeo, to see if Emperor Yang of Sui could continue to die, expand the scale of the war, and induce a larger-scale popular uprising.

After arranging for the envoy to go north, Chen Yingliang stayed in the western part of the county for a period of time, and carefully inspected the situation in the western counties of the county, and the result was that Chen Yingliang was shocked that even after the winter wheat had just been harvested, the surrounding area of the western part of the county was still full of displaced people, with thousands of hungry people, and they continued to flow into the territory of the county where the situation of money and grain was relatively good.

There are no natural disasters, and the winter wheat has just been harvested, and there are still so many hungry people around, of course Chen Yingliang knows what the root cause of the disease is, but he is unable to solve it, and he can only build yì Xu Minlian to expand the Xiangyong team again, and arrange for the generals to be trained into an army by himself, and stationed in key locations such as Chengfu, Guyang and Qiaoxian, so as to prevent emergencies at any time. And after repeated consideration, although Xu Minlian gritted his teeth and agreed to Chen Yingliang's proposal, he still couldn't help but ask Chen Yingliang in private: "Chen Tongshou, this is not just a symptom and not a root cause, when is it a head?" ”

"Xu Taishou, what is the origin, you and I both know, but do you dare to treat it?" Chen Yingliang asked with a wry smile, Xu Minlian was speechless, and he could only look at Chen Yingliang and smile bitterly, and each drank a glass of stuffy wine. 、

Originally, Chen Yingliang was still considering whether to launch a formal Yuejun operation, led the army to the south, and raided Fang Xianbo, the head of the Ruyin thief who had already determined the location, but he had not yet made up his mind, and the eldest grandson Wuji and Dong You and others who stayed in Yongcheng had already sent the news, saying that it was Pengcheng that Dong Chun left behind in Changcheng to break the Pengcheng Righteous Army Zhang Dahu's department, although Zhang Dahu's head was beheaded, but Zhang Dahu's deputy Zong Shimo led the remnants to flee south, and there was a certain possibility that he would flee to the vicinity of Yongcheng. Chen Yingliang, who was threatened by Lao Wo, did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly led the army back to Yongcheng, and at the same time, before the army set off, Chen Yingliang had already ordered Dong You and Changsun Wuji to arrange manpower to keep an eye on the area of Mangdang Mountain in the north of Yongcheng to prevent accidents.

Chen Yingliang's order once made Yongcheng a little confused, and the eldest grandson Wuji, whose identity was only Chen Yingliang's staff, pointed out the maze, saying that the mountains around Mangdang Mountain and Yushan are dense and dense, the terrain is complex, and it is a natural lair of bandits and robbers, and it is relatively close to the battlefield of Changxi, and the remnants of Zhang Dahu are desperate, and they are likely to run to this area to hide. Yongcheng Ling Dong You suddenly realized at this time, and hurriedly arranged for a special person to monitor the area of Mangdang Mountain.

The crow's beak of the eldest grandson Wuji was fulfilled again, when Chen Yingliang returned to Yongcheng two days later, Dong You sent to Mangdang Mountain to find the traces of Zong Shimo's team, the number of more than 4,000 people, Chen Yingliang did not dare to slack off, and quickly led the army to the north, with the help of the pre-arranged eyeliner, quickly found the location of Zong Shimo's team, and immediately launched an attack, Zong Shimo, who originally planned to be stationed here for a long time, was caught off guard, and hundreds of miles of people were sleepy and lacking in food and grass, was easily defeated by Chen Yingliang, Zong Shimo died in the chaos, and the rest fled out of the mountainous area of Mangdang Mountain and fled to the north of Liang County.

This time, Chen Yingliang did not order the surrender, because as the size of the army became more and more fighting, there were only seven counties, and no matter how good the money and grain situation of the county was, it began to be a little unsustainable, and at the same time, he had to supply money and grain for Emperor Yang of Sui's three expeditions to Goguryeo. The yellow-faced and skinny thief soldier laid down his weapon and surrendered voluntarily.

When dealing with these captives, Chen Yingliang shed tears, and after selecting more than 100 young and strong people to supplement the army, the remaining captives were all deported back to their hometown Pengcheng County by Chen Yingliang's order, and only gave them two steamed buns per person as dry food, countless unkempt captives knelt in front of the Qianjun army and cried, begging to join the Qianjun team, or stay in the Qianjun where the money and food situation is better to make a living, many people still kowtow and bleed, but Chen Yingliang could only have tears in the corners of his eyes, and he refused categorically with an indifferent expression, He also ordered the army to cut down the prisoners who refused to be repatriated, and killed dozens of people before driving these screaming people back to Pengcheng and handing them over to the Xiao County Township Yong team in Pengcheng for disposal.

Of course, Chen Yingliang is not without other ways to deal with these captives, and the Pengcheng team that came to receive these captives has not been less scolding Chen Yingliang behind his back, and even Kan Liang, the right-hand man who has just cleared his identity, also said to Chen Yingliang cautiously: "Tongshou, these people go back to Pengcheng, even if they are not buried alive or starved to death, sooner or later they will have to ...... and start again, instead of wasting their efforts in the future, it is better to ...... them now and solve them!" ”

Chen Yingliang kept a straight face and didn't speak, and only sighed lightly after a long time: "I can't be ruthless, give them a chance, I hope they can reform themselves, and I hope they can find a way to live." Kan Liang was silent, not only feeling that Chen Yingliang had some womanly kindness, but also moved by Chen Yingliang's kindness.

As a modern person who has been brainwashed by humanitarianism, Chen Yingliang certainly can't be ruthless to slaughter prisoners of war who are also Han people - an exception for foreign races, but the kind-hearted Chen Yingliang underestimated the sinister hearts in the troubled times, after learning that Chen Yingliang sent the prisoners of war back to Pengcheng, Pengcheng stayed behind Dong Chun also scolded Chen Yingliang for his hypocrisy and trouble, and refused to directly solve the prisoners and make trouble for himself, but after thinking about it, Dong Chun, who was anxious about the endless emergence of the people's righteous army in the territory, was immediately overjoyed, and immediately sent someone to Pegasus to give an order, Let Xiao County order immediately release all the prisoners of war handed over by Chen Yingliang, not give a single penny or a grain of rice, and let them find their own way out!

Dong Chun's Yin recruited to his satisfaction, after those prisoners of war were released, there was no home to go back to, no food to eat, in order to survive had to continue to rebel and become thieves, some regrouped into a group, continued to be bandits and thieves, and some of them joined the ranks of the many mutant army in the south of Pengcheng. At the same time, Dong Chun gritted his teeth and divided a thousand people in the main force that was very tight, and asked his deputy to lead the south to sweep away the gangsters, and secretly confessed that none of the prisoners would be left behind, and all of them would be executed!

In this special environment, the seeds of kindness sown by Chen Yingliang finally bear evil fruits, on the one hand, the Pengcheng Sui army that is like a wolf and a tiger, and there are no chickens and dogs left everywhere, on the other hand, the army of Qianjun who does not kill people indiscriminately and gives more or less to two steamed buns, of course the rebel team that can't fight but can run knows how to choose, and almost unanimously flock to the west of the county to flee for their lives, Chen Yingliang hurriedly sent troops to block it, but it is also unstoppable, and it is impossible to prevent it, and the small group of rebels still continues to pour into the county, The public order in the villages and townships east of the Tongji Canal deteriorated sharply, and the relatively empty garrison of Linli was even more chaotic, forcing Zhang Zhiyuan, the commander of Linli County, to be forced to impose martial law in the whole city, and even sent messengers to Chen Yingliang for help.

What made Chen Yingliang want to cry without tears was that these rebel teams also ate through the weakness of his kind-heartedness, and when they had the opportunity, they ran to the hinterland of the county, and ran away when they were stopped by the army of the county, and if they couldn't run, they knelt down and surrendered, crying bitterly and begging for their lives, and the army of the county did not dare to kill innocents indiscriminately because of Chen Yingliang's strict orders, so they could only confiscate their tattered weapons and send them back to Pengcheng with one or two steamed buns, but it was counterproductive, not only did not intimidate the neighboring counties to become people, but also lured more rebel teams to move westward, Many of the rebel groups had just left the county during the day, and then sneaked back at night, leaving the army of the county busy in vain.

After tossing like this for more than half a month, he really couldn't resist the pressure from inside and outside, as well as the angry protests of his subordinates' accomplices, Chen Yingliang had no choice but to increase troops in Linlian, organize the township warriors to protect the place, and allow the brave soldiers of all villages and townships to execute the lawless rebels, while ordering the army not to accept prisoners, and immediately cut down and expelled the rebel team when they found it, even if they surrendered on their knees!

After the new order was delivered, the officers and soldiers of Qian County, who had long been full of anger, killed thousands of rebels on the first day, but the rebel team that had tasted the sweetness still refused to give up, and still sneaked into Qian County overnight at night, and also tried to attack the cargo and passenger ships on the Tongji Canal Canal, Chen Yingliang, who had half of the military expenses to be raised by the canal, was furious when he heard the news, and the next day he personally led three regiments to sweep the north bank of the canal, and in the afternoon he personally went to the Suishui ferry connecting the two counties of Qian Peng, and commanded the army to sweep the people on the north bank of Suishui. At the same time, the civilian boats and boats on the Suishui River were forcibly returned to the south bank, and concentrated at the Suishui Ferry to be guarded by the officials and soldiers, leaving only the only wooden bridge here at the ferry to traffic north and south, and not giving a large number of chaotic people a chance to cross the river.

During the sweep, there was another group of displaced people who did not know that the army of Qian County had blocked the border came to the Suishui Ferry, and they didn't even take any decent weapons, they only took some wooden sticks, bamboo guns and wooden forks to defend themselves, after being stopped by the Qian County army, dozens of people did not run, all threw down wooden sticks and bamboo guns and knelt in front of the soldiers of Qian County, and kept shouting surrender in their mouths, and asked to join the team of Qian County with tears in their eyes, the ferry defenders categorically refused and expelled them away, but these displaced people refused to give up anything, and still kowtowed, Crying to death, the voice of despair and sorrow can make the hearts of hard-hearted people soften.

At this time, more than ten knights galloped from the direction of Pengcheng, all dressed as sergeants, and the first one was also wearing black Mingguang armor, and he knew that he was from the regular army when he saw the equipment. Chen Yingliang, who was resting on the south bank of Suishui, was afraid that Dong Chun had something important to send someone to contact him, so he ordered Zhang Di next to him: "Tell the brothers on the north bank of the sù, drive away those displaced people immediately, and do it if you don't leave." ”

Zhang Di received the order and loudly issued an order to his subordinates on the other bank, and the soldiers of the county on the north bank were expelled according to the order, and some soldiers began to kick and smash with guns to expel those displaced people to leave, and the refugees still knelt on the ground, and the knights of the Sui army who had galloped to the ferry strangled their horses next to the official road, and watched the soldiers of the county expelling the refugees while resting.

The group of homeless people still refused to leave, and they just kowtowed on the north bank, crying even louder, Chen Yingliang, who had been made angry by these discontented homeless people, couldn't bear it anymore, and shouted decisively: "Do it!" Beat them all! Resistant, shoot and kill! ”

The order was conveyed, and the soldiers of Qianjun, who were also made extremely angry by these homeless people, were no longer polite, and immediately fiercely brandished the swordsmen with wooden sticks on their backs and beat the group of homeless people, and in the blink of an eye, many homeless people were beaten to the point that their heads were broken and bleeding, and the ghosts cried wolf, and although they beat away some of the homeless, they still did not leave, and they did not resist, but just rolled on the ground and cried and shouted, "Master Jun, Master Jun, you are gracious, you can be merciful, even if we go back, we will not be able to live, either starve to death or be dragged up the mountain to be robbers!" Master Jun, be merciful, we don't want to be robbers, we don't want to starve to death! ”

There was also a homeless man who had been beaten to the point of blood, so he simply hugged the thigh of a soldier from Qianjun, and while enduring his beating, he howled and cried, "Master Jun, you just let me cross the bridge, I arrived in Qiaojun, you can let me do anything, do anything!" I don't want to starve, I don't want to be a bandit! ”

In the past, the soldiers of Qian County brought out by Chen Yingliang must have turned a blind eye to let them cross the bridge, and maybe they would be introduced to the canal wharf to find an errand envoy, but now that they have suffered enough similar losses, the soldiers of Qian County did not dare to do this anymore, so they directly unsheathed their horizontal knives and yelled: "Let go!" Get lost! If you don't roll, I'll kill you! ”

The homeless still refused to let go, and continued to cry and beg, and the soldiers who were hugged by their legs had no choice but to shout and cut down, "Die!" ”

There was a crisp sound, and the imaginary blood splash did not appear, on the contrary, it was the horizontal knife of the soldier of the county who flew into the sky, everyone was shocked, and when they looked closely at the direction of the horizontal knife, they saw that the horizontal knife flew out more than a foot away before it landed, and there was a horse whip wrapped around the blade, and everyone was even more shocked, and then when they looked closely at the left and right, the Sui army general who was wearing black Mingguang armor before opened his mouth and shouted, and his voice was very loud, "Indiscriminate killing of innocents!" Is this the virtue of the officers and soldiers of your county? ”

"Indiscriminate killing of innocents?!" The soldier's nose was almost crooked, and he kicked the homeless man and yelled, "Fuck your shit!" If Lao Tzu had killed innocents indiscriminately, these people would have died hundreds of times! You mongrels in Pengcheng specially drove the people to us, and we haven't settled accounts with you yet, do you dare to say that Lao Tzu killed innocents indiscriminately?! ”

Hearing the soldiers of Naqian County open their mouths and scold, the entourage brought by the black-armored knight immediately choked and unsheathed their horizontal knives, and Chen Yingliang hurriedly shouted on the south bank: "Stop!" Stop it! Who are you? ”

Shouting, Chen Yingliang hurriedly slapped his horse and rushed across the wooden bridge, and when he arrived at the other side, Chen Yingliang found that the black-armored general looked almost the same as himself, and they were all handsome little white faces that men hated at a glance, and his age was only slightly older than Chen Yingliang, holding a four-meter horse lance in his hand, majestic and heroic, and Chen Yingliang, who was cut by the enemy not long ago, was inevitably a little jealous, and asked again: "Who are you?" What are you doing here? ”

"Who are you?" The black armor general didn't answer the rhetorical question, and shouted sharply: "This is how Chen Yingliang led the troops? These people have already begged you like this, and you still want to beat and kill these poor people, do you want to force them to the grass? When I meet Chen Yingliang, I will ask him face to face, does he want you to treat the people like this, do you want to force the people to die, or do you want to force them to rebel?! ”

"It's a big breath, it must be a bit of a beginning." Chen Yingliang was a little stunned by the black armor general, and he also knew that he was being seen by people who didn't know what he did, and he must have been extremely misunderstood, so Chen Yingliang was not angry, but just said with a pleasant face: "General, you misunderstood, we are forced to be helpless when we do this, I will explain to you carefully in a while." ”

"No need to explain!" The black armor general waved his horse lance and scolded: "Release these people immediately, compensate them for the soup and medicine, and then take me to see Chen Yingliang, I have military affairs to see him!" ”

Seeing that the black armor general was so angry, Chen Yingliang was a flurry again, but Zhang Di, who followed Chen Yingliang across the river, couldn't bear it anymore, and shouted: "Boy, who are you?" Dare to call us Chen Tongshou's name like that? Don't think that you are great if you wear Mingguang armor, tell you the truth, just in terms of military merits, Lao Tzu's Qianjun team, qualified to wear Mingguang armor, there are not a thousand, there are also eight hundred! ”

"It's up to you?" The black armor general snorted coldly, and then said loudly: "I am the vanguard of General Zhang Xutuo, the ambassador of the twelve counties of the Great Sui River South Province, surnamed Mulan, and the word Ziying, and I came to negotiate military affairs with Chen Yingliang on the orders of Ambassador Zhang!" Chen Yingliang is there, I want to see him immediately! ”

"Zhang Xutuo's people are amazing?" Zhang Di did not show weakness, and sneered: "No matter what kind of ambassador he is in the twelve counties, he doesn't care about our ......, woo, Tongshou, Chen Tongshou, why are you covering my mouth?" What else do you want to do with me? It seems that our county is not under the control of Zhang Xutuo?! ”