The enemy situation is unknown, Chen Fuliang not only missed an opportunity to break through the Turkic camp, on the way back to the camp, Chen Fuliang also seemed a little worried, and couldn't help but say to himself in his heart: "Tuan Hu soldiers were still appeased by Shibi Khan, there are only two days left in the agreement between me and Shibi Khan, if the Turks can not be defeated within two days, the day after tomorrow, Emperor Yang of Sui may run out of food again, how to break the enemy I have no clue, what should I do?" Could it be that you really want to fight a hard battle to attack the camp at any cost? ”

Returning to the camp of the Sui army with his heart, the Yin Shishi who stayed in the camp, Liu Changgong, Yun Dingxing and others all walked out of the camp gate, and Chen Yingliang, who had not slept all night, also cheered up and asked with a smile: "Yin Taishou, Brother Liu, General Yun, military affairs are important, I didn't win any battles this time, and I returned in vain, so you don't need to greet you in person?" ”

"Dashuai, we are not here to greet you, we have good news to tell you in a hurry." The Yin Shishi, who has always been strict, rarely danced with his eyebrows, and while presenting an official document to Chen Fuliang, he said with a happy smile: "The Taiyuan Express I received just now, Qu Tutong, the ambassador of Guannei and the general of Zuo Xiaowei, received the edict of King Qin in Xiping County, and immediately organized an army to come to King Qinmen of Yanmen, and he had already arrived at Lingshi two days ago, counting the distance, even if General Qu Tu needed to supply grain and grass in Taiyuan and take a little rest, he would be able to arrive at the Yanmen battlefield in five days at most." ”

"General Qu Tutong is also here?" Chen Fuliang was a little surprised, but there was no joy in his tone.

"Yes, it's General Qu Tutong." Yin Shishi said excitedly: "Moreover, among the more than 20,000 troops brought by General Qu Tutong, there is also the main combat force of Zuo Xiaowei, whose combat effectiveness is very strong, and it will definitely be able to play a big role on the battlefield at that time." ”

"It's not just Lao Qu Tu who is here, but also Xue Shixiong, the general of the Zuo Imperial Guard and the left-behind guard of Zhuo County." Liu Changgong couldn't wait to add: "General Xue's Zhuojun Qinwang army arrived at Feihu four days ago, preparing to go west directly to Yanmen via Lingqiu and Fanzhi, and encircle the main Turkic forces with us on the left and right. It's just that his road is not easy to walk, and there is no food and grass supply on the road, so he must carry a large amount of grain and grass to march, so the arrival time on the battlefield is a little later, but we estimate that after seven days at most, General Xue's Qinwang army will be able to cross Fanzhi, go out of the mountains, and hit the back of the Turks raised by the bitch. ”

"So how did Old General Xue get in touch with us?" Chen Fuliang hurriedly asked again.

"His messenger has made contact with us by the road of Jingcheng Pass." Yin Shishi introduced: "Old General Xue originally wanted to take the road of Jingcheng Pass to King Qin, but considering that it was too detoured, he still had to cross the Taihang Mountains, so he simply took the road of Flying Fox and Lingqiu, and the Turks raised by the bitches on our side. ”

"General Xue also brought more than 30,000 Qinwang troops, plus General Qu Tu's Qinwang army and the Guyi team that is marching north with grain, our strength will soon exceed 200,000." Yun Dingxing also said excitedly: "I'm afraid that when the time comes, we won't need to do it, and we will be able to scare the Turks away." ”

Reinforcements continue to arrive, including strong reinforcements with very strong combat effectiveness, these good news made all the generals of the Sui army dance with their eyebrows, but Chen Fuliang was silent, and his brows were slightly wrinkled, seeing Chen Yingliang's reaction, Yin Shishi was inevitably a little puzzled, and asked: "Dashuai, what's wrong?" Why do you seem upset? ”

"I'm not upset, I'm worried." Chen Yingliang replied: "Of course I am very happy that the reinforcements continue to arrive, but you must not forget that the grain and grass in Yanmen City can only last until tomorrow at most, if we do nothing and wait for reinforcements, then in the morning after tomorrow, won't His Majesty the Emperor and the Yanmen soldiers start to starve again?" ”

When it comes to the question of whether Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty is starving, all the generals of the Sui army are silent, and Jian Yiyu, who originally wanted to persuade Chen Yingliang to stand on the wall and wait for help, also swallowed it back into his stomach, Chen Fuliang squeezed out some smiles again, and said: "How to fight next, we can discuss slowly, the arrival of reinforcements is good news, but this good news needs to be kept secret for the time being, and cannot be announced, so as not to demolish the morale and fighting spirit of the soldiers, and only hope for reinforcements, and refuse to fight hard." ”

Everyone agreed, Chen Yingliang led everyone back to the camp, and at the same time Chen Yingliang also ordered to temporarily stop the reinforcement work of the camp fortifications, so that the soldiers could rest at ease and keep their bodies in order to fight.

Returning to the big tent even more preoccupied, Chen Yingliang, who didn't sleep at all last night, didn't go to rest, just sat on the handsome chair and looked at the top of the tent in a daze, the Yin Shishi and Wei Zheng and others next to him didn't understand why Chen Fuliang's will was so low, it was inevitable that it was a little strange, but Li Jing saw Chen Fuliang's thoughts, and asked cautiously: "Dashuai, are you worried that Qu Tutong and Xue Shixiong, the two old generals, are not easy to control?" ”

"Sort of." Chen Yingliang said weakly: "The two veteran generals are highly respected, and they are far above me in terms of age, seniority and prestige, if they have any conflict with me in terms of tactical planning, it will be really difficult for me to deal with it." ”

"Don't worry, big man." Yin Shishi comforted: "The two old generals are loyal to the emperor, you are the commander of King Qin personally appointed by His Majesty the Emperor, even if they are not convinced, they will definitely obey you." ”

Chen Fuliang shook his head, frowned and said: "I'm a little worried that these two old generals won't obey me, but it's not the main thing, as long as their tactics are appropriate, I will definitely obey them." I'm worried about the situation in Yanmen City, you also know that the food in Yanmen City is only enough to support two days, if we can't rescue the Holy Driver as soon as possible, His Majesty the Emperor will have to starve the day after tomorrow, once the city runs out of food again, the morale of the army will be hit, and if it is delayed for a long time, once there is any loss in Yanmen City, the consequences will be unimaginable. ”

"And warplanes." Chen Yingliang said: "We finally advanced to the edge of the Turkic camp, and three battles and three victories severely damaged the morale of the Turkic army, and the terrain in this area is very favorable to the operation of our Great Sui army, it is a great opportunity to hit the Turks in one fell swoop. ”

Chen Fuliang said it to this point, and Yin Shishi, Wei Zheng and the others finally came to their senses, and they all asked in surprise: "Marshal, don't you want to wait for the reinforcements to arrive, and launch a decisive battle before the reinforcements arrive?" ”

Chen Yingliang nodded, and said viciously: "Waiting for reinforcements is indeed a very safe and stable tactic, but it is too dangerous for His Majesty the Emperor, we can take risks, but we can't let His Majesty the Emperor take risks!" ”

Chen Yingliang pulled Emperor Yang of Sui out as a shield at every turn, and Yin Shishi, Wei Zheng and others didn't dare to open this mouth if they wanted to oppose it, but Li Jing said: "Dashuai, fight, I support you!" As much as possible, he sent troops to break through the Turks, rescued His Majesty the Emperor before Yanmen ran out of food, and saved the Great Sui Imperial Court from dire straits! ”

After that, Li Jing muttered in his stomach again, "I will also achieve your great merit of King Qin!" Little guy, don't think I can't see it, you're still worried about Qu Tutong and Xue Shixiong sharing your credit. ”

"Hit?" Chen Yingliang smiled bitterly, ripped off his helmet and pulled his hair, and said in distress: "How to fight?" Two false envoys went to the Turkic camp successively, and there is no response until now, inducing the Tuan Hu soldiers to make a rebellion, and they are about to succeed, but those Tuan Hu soldiers suddenly quieted down again, and they worked hard for so long to kill an insignificant Ashina Simo, how can I fight? Organize an army to storm the Turkic camp, the Turkic forces are still far superior to our army, how sure can we attack more with less? ”

Li Jing closed his mouth, and only comforted after a while: "Dashuai, wait a little longer, wait patiently, there will definitely be good news to come, since the Shibi Thief Chief has already killed Ashina Simo, it is enough to prove that he has been tricked, and he fully believes in the information provided by Ambassador Li for him, no matter how patient we wait, there will definitely be good news back." ”

"It's true that the Thief Chief killed Ashina Simo." Chen Fuliang shook his head painfully and said: "But there is another possibility, the Shibi Thief Chief suddenly came to his senses after killing Ashina Simo, or Chai Shao and Mao Fugui were exposed by the Turks, and even the head of Ashina Simo I saw today may be fake, it is the Shibi Thief Chief who took a fake head to deceive me, because I have never seen Ashina Simo at all, I don't know what he looks like, and it is easy to deceive me with a dummy head." ”

Li Jing was completely speechless, and he also admired Chen Fuliang's caution and suspicion even more - the fake head may not even have been thought of by Li Jing. However, at this time, there was a voice from outside the tent where Wang Shichong asked to meet, and after Chen Fuliang, who was depressed, nodded and agreed to the meeting, Wang Shichong ran up quickly, and said impatiently while saluting: "Marshal, the last general thought about it carefully just now, we should not waste time, we should let the soldiers work hard, immediately strengthen the camp, and first build our camp to be solid, so that we can be invincible......." ”

put up the old man's shelf, Wang Shichong gave full play to his verbosity expertise, nagging and persuading Chen Yingliang to go all out to strengthen the camp, waiting for the follow-up reinforcements to arrive, and listed all the benefits of joining forces with Qu Tutong and Xue Shixiong, which made Chen Fuliang, who was in trouble, dizzy and dizzy, and couldn't help covering his ears with his hands. But the matter is not over yet, and soon outside the tent, Yang Hui, the king of Qi, asked to see him, but after Chen Yingliang agreed to summon him, the first thing Yang Ying said after entering the tent was, "Dashuai, you can't pin your hopes on reinforcements, your father and queen will run out of food every day, and we must do our best to rescue our father and emperor to prevent accidents!" ”

Yang Yingliang advocated not waiting for the reinforcements, Chen Yingliang could guess it with his toes - for fear of disturbing him, he was the first to enter Yanmen City to meet Emperor Yang of Sui, although Yang Yingliang's proposition was also against Chen Yingliang's appetite, but before there was a strategy to break the enemy, Chen Yingliang did not dare to accept Yang Yingliang's proposition at will, so Chen Yingliang could only nod symbolically while listening to Yang Yingliang's high-minded talk.

Immediately afterwards, Yun Dingxing and Liu Changgong, who had settled down the affairs of the camp, also came to the big tent of the Chinese army to ask for a meeting, and also coincidentally expressed their opinions on the next tactics, Yun Dingxing, like Wang Shichong, also advocated that the wall should be strengthened, and Liu Changgong advocated that the wall should be supported at the same time, constantly launching small-scale attacks, constantly exerting pressure on the Turks, and indirectly sharing the pressure for Emperor Yang of Sui - as a result, Chen Fuliang was of course puzzled and asked Liu Changgong who came up with this idea? Liu Changgong is also quite honest, and frankly speaking, it was his uncle Liu Jingye's Jianyì - Chen Yingliang and the generals of the Sui army suddenly realized, and they all said in their hearts that it was really not your brain that came up with it.

In fact, the construction of several heavy generals of the Sui army is feasible, and the construction proposed by Liu Jingyetongguò Liu Changgong, the veteran general of Zuotunwei, is the most correct, and the Yin Shishi, who is absolutely loyal to Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, also agrees with this construction, but Chen Yingliang, who is trying to take the opportunity to hit the Turks hard, still does not dare to accept the agreement, but just allows the generals to express their opinions, fortunately, Ambassador Li has been placed under house arrest, and the most troublesome Yang Xuan is also resolutely fighting out of personal interests, and the generals of the Sui army have not quarreled and quarreled, and they are only restrained from expressing their opinions, but even so, Everyone's words still stirred Chen Yingliang dizzy, and his eyes were full of stars.

In the roar like a swarm of flies spreading their wings, Chen Yingliang suddenly couldn't bear it anymore, and suddenly slapped the table and shouted, roaring: "Stop arguing! I'm hard enough! Don't make it harder for me! The decisive battle is not certain! The wall is waiting for help, and the emperor will run out of food the day after tomorrow, I am already difficult enough, it is too difficult, don't make it more difficult for me! ”

For the first time since he became the commander, Chen Yingliang slapped the table and roared in front of the generals of the Sui army, which also startled everyone in the Sui army present, and they all closed their mouths, and only Chen Yingliang's roaring voice echoed in the big tent, "Do you think that when the reinforcements are coming, we must be sure?" Why don't you want to think about how much combat power is left after Qu Tutong's Qinwang army rushed from Xiping County to Yanmen Qinwang, and after a rapid march of more than 2,000 miles? Xue Shixiong's Qinwang army appeared in the east of the Yanmen battlefield, how can we contact him, how can we cooperate with him? The day after tomorrow, Yanmen City will run out of food, and we will move here for a long time, once there is an accident in Yanmen City, how can we bear it? Who can afford this responsibility? ”

Hearing Chen Yingliang's roar, Wang Shichong, Yun Dingxing and others, who advocated waiting for help, completely closed their mouths, but Yang Jian nodded his head and said: "The marshal is right, we can't hope for reinforcements, we can only rely on ourselves, rely on ourselves to break through the Turks and rescue our father?" ”

"But how? How to save? Chen Yingliang almost didn't cry, he simply bent down and put his face on the table, and groaned in pain: "The Turkic forces are already stronger than us, and they are still on the defensive, we attack the camp with weak troops, how can we attack?" How to break? ”

Yang Yun, who was resolutely fighting, also closed his mouth and gave Chen Yingliang a headache with this question, and Chen Yingliang, who was under great psychological pressure, desperately touched the table with his forehead, as if he wanted to make himself come up with a solution, and for the first time exposed the fragile psychology of being overwhelmed. Seeing Chen Yingliang's painful appearance, the generals of the Sui army couldn't find any suitable words to comfort him, Li Jing hesitated for a moment, then took a few steps forward, patted Chen Yingliang's shoulder, and said softly: "Marshal, don't worry, if it really doesn't work, we will take General Liu's construction, and wait for reinforcements while constantly attacking." ”

Chen Yingliang was still silent, but the generals of the Sui army nodded one after another, agreeing with the compromise strategy proposed by Liu Jingye, but at this moment, a scout suddenly rushed in from outside the tent, knelt down on one knee and played to Chen Yingliang: "Commander Qiqi, villains and others were ordered to see the enemy camp, and half an hour ago they found that a Turkic army suddenly left the camp and went north, heading to the direction of Xicheng Pass, with about six or seven thousand people, and a large number of baggage vehicles, but it is not possible to confirm whether they moved the camp or retreated. ”

"Went in the direction of Xicheng Pass?" Chen Yingliang raised his head violently, and suddenly gave birth to a situation that he was most afraid of, and blurted out: "The Turks want to escape?!" ”

No one could answer Chen Yingliang's question, but Li Jing asked carefully, "Did you find that Turkic army?" ”

"It's the Turkic Tuo Karma team." The scout's answer made Chen Yingliang jump up, and he screamed and asked if it was confirmed, and the scout replied truthfully: "It is indeed the banner of the Turkic army's Tuan team, and the banner of the Tuan Hu soldiers is different from the Turkic army, and we can see it very clearly." ”

"Why did Tuoba Hu Bing go to Xicheng Pass? Also carrying a baggage vehicle? Chen Yingliang opened his mouth, and for a while he couldn't understand why Tuyuan Hu Bing went to Xicheng Pass, and he also carried a large number of baggage vehicles.

"Dashuai, it should be your discord plan!" Li Jing came to his senses and quickly analyzed: "The chief of the thief is suspicious of Tuojiao, but he doesn't dare to solve these suspicious Tukuo Hu soldiers by force at this moment, let alone keep these Tuan Hu soldiers in the camp, so he simply let Tuoba withdraw from Xicheng Pass or move the camp, so that there is no need to clash with Tuan Hu soldiers, and there is no need to worry about these Tuan Hu soldiers suddenly defecting!" It's a pretty safe thing to do! ”

"Makes sense!" Chen Yingliang nodded hurriedly, his confidence was reborn, and he immediately ordered the scouts to continue to monitor and investigate, and after the scouts rushed away, Chen Yingliang thought about it for a while, and then said to the generals of the Sui army: "Generals, His Royal Highness the King of Qi, don't worry, whether to wait for reinforcements or send troops to fight a decisive battle, let's see the changes in the military situation, don't rush to decide, you just have to appease the soldiers under your command, let them nourish their bodies and wait for orders." ”

All the generals of the Sui army nodded in agreement, and then Liu Changgong smiled and said, "Dashuai, it seems that the person who is not in a hurry should be you, right?" The way you looked just now scared us all. ”

Yin Shishi, Yun Dingxing and others all laughed, Yang Yun and Liu Changgong laughed the loudest, Chen Yingliang was slightly red, and said shamelessly: "I'm not in a hurry, I just didn't sleep last night, and I'm a little tired, so my temper is a little short-tempered." ”

Everyone laughed, and they all said Dashuai, then you should go and rest quickly, and then quickly say goodbye and leave, Yin Shishi and Li Jing, who were stationed in the Chinese army, also strongly persuaded Chen Yingliang to go and rest quickly, but when things came to this point, where could Chen Yingliang still sleep? Although he didn't sleep all night, he was still in good spirits, and he was just anxiously waiting for a response in the big tent of the Chinese army, and no matter how much Yin Shishi and Li Jing and others persuaded him, he had to let Chen Yingliang go.

It was not in vain, about half an hour later, first the sentry scout came to confirm that it was the news that the Tutuo Hu soldiers had left the Turkic camp, and then they were happy to descend from the sky, and the herald reported that Chai Shao and Mao Fugui returned to the Sui army camp safe and sound, Chen Yingliang was overjoyed, and hurriedly met Chai Shao and Mao Fugui in the big tent of the Chinese army, and learned about the situation directly from them.

Chai Shao and Mao Fugui were soon led into the big tent of the Chinese army, Chai Shao still had the ugly face that Chen Fuliang owed him 800 yuan, Mao Fugui truthfully reported his contact with the Turkic army, and learned that Chen Yingliang was of course even more overjoyed, and quickly asked Chai Shao about the contact with Shibi Khan, but Chai Shao took out a letter and a golden arrow with a wood, and said angrily: "The chief of the thief believes me, this is a letter he gave me, and gave me a golden arrow, saying that it was his golden arrow in the sweat tent, It was convenient for my father-in-law's people to communicate with him, and as long as this golden arrow was presented, the Turkic army would not intercept my father-in-law's messenger. ”

"The Golden Arrow of the Turkic Khan?!" Yin Shishi and Li Jing screamed at the same time, and at the same time rushed to grab the golden arrow, and asked in unison, "How did you get such an important thing?" ”

"It was given to me by the Thief Chieftain himself." Chai Shao replied truthfully, and asked casually: "Is this thing important?" ”

"Does it matter?" Yin Shishi and Li Jing shouted at the same time, "This is a token that can only be carried when the sweat tent of the Shibi thief chief is attached to deliver orders, with this golden arrow, you can directly mobilize the Turkic army, do you say it is important?!" ”

"What? This golden arrow can directly mobilize the Turkic army? Chen Yingliang and Chai Shao were dumbfounded at the same time.

"Not bad!" Li Jing nodded quickly, raised the golden arrow again, pointed to the wooden plaque sealed with wax on the golden arrow, and said: "The Turkic script engraved on this wooden plaque contains the contact secret words agreed in advance between the Turkic Khan and the various ministries to investigate and kill, and every battle is different, so although our Great Sui army has also captured, it cannot be forged, and this kind of golden arrow token that is still valid is still in effect, and we have obtained it for the first time during the war!" ”

"Yes, it's this kind of secret language that can't be faked!" Yin Shishi also said quickly: "Our Princess Yicheng of the Great Sui, even if she is already a Khan for two generations, she is not qualified to know what the secret words of the golden arrow are in every battle!" Otherwise, we would have forged a whole bunch of tricks to deceive the Turkic army! ”

Chen Yingliang and Chai Shao opened their mouths together, and after a long time, Chen Yingliang simply jumped up and hugged Chai Shao, and said in ecstasy: "Brother Sichang, shall we continue to be relatives?" ”

"Get out! I won't marry my sister to you if I die! After continuing to monitor and investigate, after the scouts rushed away, Chen Yingliang thought about it for a while, and then said to the generals of the Sui army: "Generals, His Royal Highness the King of Qi, don't worry, whether you are waiting for reinforcements or sending troops to fight a decisive battle, let's see the changes in the military situation, don't rush to decide, you just have to appease the soldiers under your command, let them recuperate and wait for orders." ”

All the generals of the Sui army nodded in agreement, and then Liu Changgong smiled and said, "Dashuai, it seems that the person who is not in a hurry should be you, right?" The way you looked just now scared us all. ”

Yin Shishi, Yun Dingxing and others all laughed, Yang Yun and Liu Changgong laughed the loudest, Chen Yingliang was slightly red, and said shamelessly: "I'm not in a hurry, I just didn't sleep last night, and I'm a little tired, so my temper is a little short-tempered." ”

Everyone laughed, and they all said Dashuai, then you should go and rest quickly, and then quickly say goodbye and leave, Yin Shishi and Li Jing, who were stationed in the Chinese army, also strongly persuaded Chen Yingliang to go and rest quickly, but when things came to this point, where could Chen Yingliang still sleep? Although he didn't sleep all night, he was still in good spirits, and he was just anxiously waiting for a response in the big tent of the Chinese army, and no matter how much Yin Shishi and Li Jing and others persuaded him, he had to let Chen Yingliang go.

It was not in vain, about half an hour later, first the sentry scout came to confirm that it was the news that the Tutuo Hu soldiers had left the Turkic camp, and then they were happy to descend from the sky, and the herald reported that Chai Shao and Mao Fugui returned to the Sui army camp safe and sound, Chen Yingliang was overjoyed, and hurriedly met Chai Shao and Mao Fugui in the big tent of the Chinese army, and learned about the situation directly from them.

Chai Shao and Mao Fugui were soon led into the big tent of the Chinese army, Chai Shao still had the ugly face that Chen Fuliang owed him 800 yuan, Mao Fugui truthfully reported his contact with the Turkic army, and learned that Chen Yingliang was of course even more overjoyed, and quickly asked Chai Shao about the contact with Shibi Khan, but Chai Shao took out a letter and a golden arrow with a wood, and said angrily: "The chief of the thief believes me, this is a letter he gave me, and gave me a golden arrow, saying that it was his golden arrow in the sweat tent, It was convenient for my father-in-law's people to communicate with him, and as long as this golden arrow was presented, the Turkic army would not intercept my father-in-law's messenger. ”

"The Golden Arrow of the Turkic Khan?!" Yin Shishi and Li Jing screamed at the same time, and at the same time rushed to grab the golden arrow, and asked in unison, "How did you get such an important thing?" ”

"It was given to me by the Thief Chieftain himself." Chai Shao replied truthfully, and asked casually: "Is this thing important?" ”

"Does it matter?" Yin Shishi and Li Jing shouted at the same time, "This is a token that can only be carried when the sweat tent of the Shibi thief chief is attached to deliver orders, with this golden arrow, you can directly mobilize the Turkic army, do you say it is important?!" ”

"What? This golden arrow can directly mobilize the Turkic army? Chen Yingliang and Chai Shao were dumbfounded at the same time.

"Not bad!" Li Jing nodded quickly, raised the golden arrow again, pointed to the wooden plaque sealed with wax on the golden arrow, and said: "The Turkic script engraved on this wooden plaque contains the contact secret words agreed in advance between the Turkic Khan and the various ministries to investigate and kill, and every battle is different, so although our Great Sui army has also captured, it cannot be forged, and this kind of golden arrow token that is still valid is still in effect, and we have obtained it for the first time during the war!" ”

"Yes, it's this kind of secret language that can't be faked!" Yin Shishi also said quickly: "Our Princess Yicheng of the Great Sui, even if she is already a Khan for two generations, she is not qualified to know what the secret words of the golden arrow are in every battle!" Otherwise, we would have forged a whole bunch of tricks to deceive the Turkic army! ”

Chen Yingliang and Chai Shao opened their mouths together, and after a long time, Chen Yingliang simply jumped up and hugged Chai Shao, and said in ecstasy: "Brother Sichang, shall we continue to be relatives?" ”

"Get out! I won't marry my sister to you if I die! ”