Let's take a look back at the situation in Luoyang, Yang Xuangan's rear army left in Kim Yong City, Luokoucang and Tiger Prison Pass still played some role to some extent, and the main army of the Great Sui led by Qu Tutong, Lai Hu'er and Yu Wenshu was elite and able to fight, and it was not easy to break through the Yellow River and take the Tiger Prison Pass, no matter what, you had to waste some time in the siege - at least you had to waste some time preparing ships and siege weapons, right?

What's even more troublesome is that the rebel teams guarding these dangerous places have no way to retreat, whether it is Gu Jue and Han Shige who are guarding the Tiger Pass, or Zheng Yan and Zhou Zhong who are guarding Luokoucang, and Pei Shuang who is guarding Jin Yong City, they all know one thing very well, that is, even if they lay down their arms and surrender, Emperor Yang of Sui will definitely not spare them, and their implicated Lao Tzu will definitely kill them with their own hands to save the other children in order to clear their suspicions! Therefore, even if they were regarded as an abandoned son by Yang Xuangan, these rebel generals who unfortunately stood on the wrong side could only carry out the orders left by Yang Xuangan, and make every effort to hold the dangerous place on the Luoyang battlefield, buy time for Yang Xuangan's main force to capture Guanzhong, and then retreat to Guanzhong to enjoy the blessings when Yang Xuangan succeeded.

In this way, the main force of the Great Sui led by Qu Tutong and Lai Hu'er and others had to waste some precious time anyway, among which Qu Tutong and Yu Wenshu were better, at least with the containment of the defenders of the Eastern Capital, the rebel team of Kim Yong Cheng did not dare to send troops to prevent their team from crossing the river, so that Qu Tutong easily crossed the Yellow River in Mengjin after requisitioning enough ferries, and quickly approached the city of Kim Yong City, relying on the fortification weapons prepared by Fan Zigai for a rainy day, and immediately launched a siege battle, and then the main force of Zuo Yiwei led by Yu Wenshu easily crossed the river, and Qu Tutong is in the same place.

Laihu'er is more unlucky, not only the tired army has not been given a chance to rest, but also too far away from Luoyang to get Fan Zigai's material help, can only be on the spot to gather materials to temporarily build siege weapons, these alone are enough to waste four days, and then to Hu'er under the command of the Great Sui Right Yi Guard although it only took most of the day to take the Tiger Pass, but it is very regrettable that the defenders of the Guanzhong were not able to completely annihilate the defenders of the Guanzhong, the rebel guards Gu Jue and Han Shige together successfully escaped from the Guancheng, led a few remnants of the defeated general to flee to Luokoucang and the rebel Zheng Yan, Zhou Zhongbu rendezvous.

Almost at the same time, Pei Hongce's real nephew Pei Shuang couldn't withstand the onslaught of Qu Tutong and Yu Wenshu, and when there was no hope of escaping west, Pei Shuang simply fled to Luokoucang with a few cronies, and joined Zheng Yan, Zhou Zhong and Han Shige and other difficult brothers and sisters, and temporarily survived.

It stands to reason that since they have taken the Tiger Prison Pass and Kim Yong City, Qu Tutong, Yu Wenshu, Lai Hu'er and other Great Sui warriors can completely ignore Luokoucang for the time being and directly pursue the main force of the rebels in the west. But at this time, Zheng Yan, Zhou Zhong, Pei Shuang, Han Shige and other gentlemen did an incomparably miraculous thing - they even sent an envoy to contact Fan Zigai, asking Fan Zigai to pardon their lives in exchange for their peaceful transfer to Luokoucang, otherwise, they would burn down Luokoucang and die together with Luokoucang, the most important granary of the Great Sui!

By the way, the importance of Luokoucang to the Great Sui, Luokoucang has a total of 3,000 ration cellars, each cellar can store 8,000 quintals of grain, Luokoucang has suffered several disasters in history, first Yang Xuangan took Luokoucang and then opened the warehouse to release grain, let the people take the grain, and the army took it at will; Then Zhai Rang and Li Mi took the Luokou warehouse again, opened the warehouse again to release grain, and let hundreds of thousands of people take the grain at will; Then Wang Shichong ruthlessly ruined a handful of Luokoucang, and fed his main army for nearly two years with the remnants of Luokoucang's remaining grain - but even so, the archaeological team of later generations found more than 500,000 catties of carbonized millet in the ruins of Luokoucang! The horror of the amount of grain in Luokoucang can be seen from this, and the important Cheng dù to the Great Sui Imperial Court is naturally self-evident.

Of course, Fan Zigai would not agree to the requests of Zheng Yan and Pei Shuang and other gentlemen, and he did not dare to agree, and none of the Great Sui warriors such as Qu Tutong, Yuwenshu and Lai Hu'er dared to be the master for Emperor Yang of Sui, and at the same time, for the sake of insurance, they did not give Zheng Yan and other powerful children the time and opportunity to go crazy and burn food, and the main forces of the Sui army had to move to Luokoucang immediately, wasting the already precious time to recapture Luokoucang and clean up the remnants of the rebels hiding in Cangcheng.

Fortunately, the distance of Luokoucang is not too far, from the Tiger Prison Pass and Kim Yong City to send troops can be reached in a daytime, and at the same time, the twenty-mile-long Cangcheng city wall also gave the Sui army enough space to break through, and the three-way Sui army from the start to the end of the battle, it only took more than a day to easily break through Luokoucang, annihilating the rebel team in Cangcheng, and also captured alive Zheng Yan and Pei Shuang and other powerful children who threatened to burn down the granary but actually did not have any substantive action, and completely wiped out the remnants of the rebels around Luoyang.

The Great Sui army flag fluttered in the huge Cangcheng, and the Great Sui soldiers who ran back and forth searched and killed the remnants of the rebels in the Cangcheng cellar by cellar, and the war was not completely over, the three major commanders of the Sui army, Qu Tutong, Yuwenshu and Lai Hu'er, had already gathered in the official hall of the Guancheng that had just been captured, and interrogated Zheng Yan, Zhou Zhong and Han Shige and other gentlemen who had just been captured.

The result of the meeting, of course, was that Zheng Yan, Zhou Zhong and Han Shige and other gentlemen immediately knelt on their knees, kowtowing desperately, while crying bitterly and begging a few uncles and uncles to spare their lives. Who of you knows! ”

"The little nephew knows, the little nephew knows!" Pei Shuang hurriedly kowtowed, and cried and said: "Uncle Lai, Brother Laiyuan, he went to Guanzhong with Yang Zhi's main force, Uncle Lai, little nephew, this can be regarded as a meritorious report and exposure, right?" In front of the emperor, uncle, you must ask for a favor for the little nephew, the little nephew is confused, the little nephew is confused for a while, so he got on the thief ship of Yang rebels! ”

Of course, Lai Hu'er didn't pay attention to Pei Shuang's crying and pleading, but just slammed his fist on the table, and roared with a black face: "Little beast! Wait for Lao Tzu to catch you, see how Lao Tzu cleans you up! If you don't cut off your head with your own hands and ask for guilt in front of the emperor, Lao Tzu will be sorry for the emperor and the Great Sui court! ”

Qu Tutong and Yuwenshu have no big grudges against Lai Hu'er, and naturally they don't have any thoughts about Lai Hu'er in this kind of matter, so they persuaded together: "Rong Guogong, don't be so angry, it's not worth it to be angry with your body, this time Yang rebelled, there were dozens of official eunuchs who were coerced by Yang Rebellion, Ling Lang is just one of them, neither the main culprit nor much evil, the emperor's majesty will definitely not implicate you, and Ling Lang may also be extrajudicially merciful, and the crime will be reduced by one degree." ”

"Yes, today's emperor is wise and wise, knows everything, and never implicates the innocent, Rong Guogong, you can put a hundred hearts." Yun Dingxing, the deputy and friend of Wei Wei Shaoqing, who was standing behind Yu Wenshu, also opened his mouth to comfort, and pointed to Zheng Yan and said: "For example, Zheng Yan is a traitor, his father Zheng Yanguo of Dali Temple was not implicated by him, and after receiving this Zheng Yan traitor, the emperor of the Holy Ming Candle not only did not hold Zheng Siqing responsible, but also rejected Zheng Siqing's initiative to resign, and continued to stay in the camp to listen to it. ”

The law does not blame the public, there are more than 40 children of powerful people who followed Yang Xuangan's rebellion this time, and even the big red man Pei Ju in front of Emperor Yang of Sui has been implicated, Lai Hu'er is of course not too worried about being cheated by his unlucky son in his heart, but what he has to say on the scene, after slamming the table again, Lai Hu'er shouted again: "The more the emperor's majesty is benevolent, the more we who are courtiers must serve the king diligently, this time the old man not only has to ask His Majesty to plead guilty, but also ask His Majesty to kill all these traitors." , not one left! ”

"Uncle spare my life! Uncle spare his life! The little nephew is just confused for a while, just confused for a while! Several of the gentlemen suddenly screamed and cried even louder, and their expressions of grief and misery like killing pigs were so sad that even hard-hearted people would be soft-hearted, but unfortunately the few people present were characters whose hearts were colder and harder than iron, and they completely ignored this.

Between the crying and shouting, several people hurriedly came in outside the door of the hall, the first one was in his forties and medium height, but it was Chen Yingliang's distant uncle Pei Hongce, who had turned seventeen or eighteen turns, and then without waiting for Pei Hongce to talk to the three fierce men of the Great Sui, Pei Shuang, who was tied like a zongzi by the five flowers, had already struggled to kowtow to Pei Hongce, and cried: "Uncle, the little nephew knows that he is wrong, uncle, you save the little nephew, you save the little nephew, the little nephew is your ......." ”

"Get out of the way!" Pei Hongce unceremoniously kicked over the nephew of the unfilial clan, and said to Yuwenshu and others: "Three generals, Fan Liushou sent a subordinate to inform you that I just received the news, two days ago on the morning, the Daxing army led by Wei Xuanwei was defeated by the main force of Yang rebels on the battlefield of Michi, and the reinforcements sent by Luoyang, the eastern capital of my eastern capital, to guard were also defeated and forced to retreat to the direction of Hongnong. ”

Although they all didn't have any hope that Wei Xuan would stop Yang Xuangan's main force, after really learning the news, the three generals Laihu'er, Yuwenshu and Qu Tutong still had gloomy faces, and at that moment, Yuwenshu, who was most favored by Emperor Yang of Sui, said: "How could you lose so quickly?" Didn't even hold on for a day? What is the situation of the guards left behind now, and what is the main movement of Yang rebels? ”

"Wei Liushou was stubborn and insisted on a head-on battle with the Yang rebels, but was easily defeated by the main force of the traitors who were outnumbered."

Pei Hongce kicked away Pei Shuang, the clan nephew who came to kowtow in front of him again and begged for mercy, and then replied with a wry smile: "Withdraw to the general discussion doctor Hu Si Wanshan in Mianchi City, Wei Liu's guard should be protected by Liu Changgong's team of our right military guard in the eastern capital and retreated to Hongnong, the specific situation has not yet been confirmed, only know that Yang Xuangan rebel personally led a large number of main forces to launch a pursuit, Hu Si Wanshan and Pang Yu because the traitor rear army is still on the battlefield in Mianchi, the road is impassable, and it was not until early yesterday morning that a fast horse was sent to the east to warn, So it was late last night that we received the news that Wei Liushou had failed miserably again. ”

Yuwenshu's face became even more ugly, and after a little calculation, Yuwenshu turned to Laihu'er and Qu Tutong and said: "Two generals, the military situation is like fire, I think we can't delay any longer, we should leave a small number of troops to clean up the battlefield, immediately assemble the troops of Yiwei and Youwuhou, we must withdraw to Luoyang today, rest for the night, and immediately go west tomorrow to pursue Yang Hui's main force, what do the two generals think?" ”

"What General Yuwen said is extremely true, and it should be so." Lai Hu'er and Qu Tutong nodded together and replied.

Qu Tutong and Lai Hu'er had no opinions, and Yuwenshu immediately issued an order, deciding to leave only 2,000 Zuo Yiwei infantry to clean up the Luokoucang battlefield, and the other armies immediately assembled and prepared to set off.

Taking advantage of the fact that it would take some time for the army to assemble, Pei Hongce finally turned his attention to the scum among the children of several powerful people of the Great Sui who were captured by the Sui army, and then stopped at Han Shige, who was almost forty years old, and opened his mouth to ask, but immediately warned himself in his heart, "Calm down, Laihu'er and Yuwenshu are here, speak directly, if you are not careful, it will be self-defeating, and in turn it will be extraneous." ”

After a little more calculation, Pei Hongce simply came to the side knock, and then turned to Yuwenshu and Lai Hu'er and others and said: "The three generals don't have to worry too much, it's not a secret, Chen Yingliang, the secretary of the Xiaguan Zanzhi Mansion, has already led the Baoguo army to Hongnong in advance, and with Chen Yingliang's kid here, I expect that Yang Rebel will not be so easy to kill the traitor in Guanzhong." ”

"What does Li Guogong mean by this?" Yu Wenshu and Lai Hu'er, who had never heard of Chen Yingliang's name, were a little curious.

"Chen Yingliang? Report****? Qu Tutong, who was the first to return to the Luoyang battlefield, had some impressions, and asked: "Li Guogong, the **** should be a white-robed soldier in the traitor team, right?" And that Chen Yingliang should also be the legendary little Chen Qingzhi in the traitor team, right? I heard that this kid once led an army of only a few hundred people to serve the country, and raided Yang Yitun's grain land among tens of thousands of rebels, and after burning Yang Yitun's grain, he almost killed the traitors and surrounded him unscathed, is it really fake? Is this kid really so powerful? ”

"What? Raid the granary with a few hundred men among tens of thousands of enemy troops, and then fight your way out of the siege unscathed? Yuwenshu and Lai Hu'er were both taken aback, and exclaimed, "Impossible, right? Even the first-line elite under our command can't do this? ”

"Li Guogong, are you sure you're not joking?" Yu Wenshu's deputy, Yun Dingxing, exclaimed the loudest, "They are heavenly soldiers and heavenly generals?" Can you play so beautifully? ”

"The three generals, Yun Shaoqing, are it true or false, you'd better ask these Da Sui scum." Pei Hongce pointed at Han Shige and Pei Shuang and other gentlemen and said with a smile: "They are all parties involved, and they know the situation best, and when they say it, it should be easier for you to believe it." ”

The extremely curious Yuwenshu and Laihu'er and others couldn't wait to ask, in order to please Yuwenshu and others as much as possible to fight for a chance to live, of course, they rushed to take the initiative to report, and truthfully introduced the situation of the Baoguo Army to Yuwenshu and others, among which there was naturally no lack of exaggerated boasting, and directly praised Chen Yingliang and the Baoguo Army as rare in the sky and unique in the ground, among which Han Shige also said: "Although the criminal was far away in Xingyang at the time and had never seen Xiao Chen Qingzhi, he also knew that this Xiao Chen Qingzhi was extremely powerful, Every time, he was a small enemy, and every time he beat Yang Rebellious Thief to the point of losing his armor, and he also knew that Yang Xuan's anti-thief did not dare to besiege Mianchi at that time, it was because Xiao Chen Qingzhi led the white-robed soldiers to burn his grain and grass, and Yang Xuan felt that the rebel was afraid of running out of food, so he was forced to withdraw from Kim Yong Cheng ....... ”

"Just call Xiao Chen Qingzhi? It seems that you probably haven't even heard of Chen Yingliang's name before. Pei Hongce, who had been paying attention to Han Shige's reaction, nodded slightly, and quietly breathed a sigh of relief, and said secretly: "Okay!" Although I don't know what the reason is, but we Wenxi Pei can rest assured to support Ying Liangxian's nephew, since the death of Zuo Jinwu General Pei Heng, we Wenxi Pei has not been a competent person in the army, and finally a Pei Renji has not been able to rise, it is time to quickly support a reliable general. ”

Pei Hongce was only secretly happy in his heart, but Yuwenshu and the others were already overjoyed, Yuwenshu also slapped the table and said, "Okay! Unexpectedly, in the Eastern Capital Army, such a young man has emerged! It seems that we are going west to pursue Yang Xuangan rebels this time, so we shouldn't have to worry too much about the rebels taking Tongguan first! ”

"As it should be." Pei Hongce had some confidence in his distant nephew, and replied confidently: "It's not that Xiaguan brags, as long as Xiaguan's distant nephew can retreat to Tongguan first, Yang Xuangan rebels have more troops, and Ying Liangxian's nephew can also rely on Tongguan to block the traitor's westward advance, and persist until the three generals lead the army to encircle Yang rebels!" ”

"Li Guogong, if your virtuous nephew can really hold out until we surround Yang and the traitors!" Yu Wenshu slapped the table again without hesitation, and shouted: "Then your virtuous nephew should not be bent in your Zanzhi Mansion, enter my Zuo Yiwei!" I'll protect him with a tiger tooth! ”

"If Ling Xian's nephew likes Youwu Houwei, I can also recommend him as the general of Huyalang." Qu Tutong smiled slowly: "Leading the troops of the four regiments, among the tens of thousands of traitors, it is like a no-man's land, and among the heavy generals of the Right Marquis, there is really no one who can do this." ”

"A seventeen-year-old boy is really so powerful?" Lai Hu'er was still a little suspicious, and said: "If Chen Yingliang's record is true, then if he enters my right guard, he is also worthy of a tiger tooth general." ”

Yun Dingxing, who is quite ambitious, is also very tempted, but unfortunately he is only a civilian now, and even if he is tempted, he can't open his mouth to ask Pei Hongce for someone, so he can only say with a smile: "In this way, we can pin our hopes on Li Guogong's virtuous nephew, as long as he can block Yang Zhi's main force from advancing westward and persist until our army surrounds the main force of the traitors, then needless to say, Xia Guan is the first to ask His Majesty for merit!" ”

Pei Hongce smiled and thanked him, and said secretly in his heart: "Virtuous nephew, my uncle has blown the cow out for you, and the rest is up to you, as long as you can block Yang Wei's westward advance, your glorious future, uncle can vouch for you!" ”

Pei Hongce has high hopes for Chen Yingliang, and why wouldn't it be the case to gamble on the last life of the Qing Dynasty and risk using Chen Yingliang's Fan Zigai? After learning the news of Wei Xuan's fiasco again, Fan Zigai hurriedly sent Pei Hongce, who took the initiative to ask for help, to ask Yu Wenshu and others for help, and also pinned all his hopes on Chen Yingliang in his heart, "Yingliang, it's all up to you, don't let the old man down." ”