Captain Chen's calculations are very good, from the fact that Pei Hongce did not dare to bribe Fan Zigai, and from the fact that Fan Zigai wants to compete with Fang Xuanling's father for the first clean official in the world, Captain Chen has already seen that Fan Zigai is an innocent and upright old old-fashioned, this kind of old-fashioned is certainly short-tempered and unyielding, but if he can feel that Chen Yingliang's words are reasonable, and feel that Pei Hongce's crime does not deserve to die, then Chen Yingliang will definitely be able to save Pei Hongce, even if he can't be saved, Chen Yingliang's little head is not very likely to hit the ground.

In this way, Chen Yingliang's harvest is great, and he saved Pei Hongce for the second time, Pei Hongce is not grateful to Chen Yingliang to the bones, there are already twenty-two prime ministers and thirty-six generals of the Wenxi Pei family, Chen Yingliang wants to hug their thighs and win their support It is naturally much easier. It doesn't matter if you can't be saved, as long as the words can slightly impress the old-fashioned and upright Fan Zigai, the possibility of Chen Yingliang being killed is very small, and then Chen Yingliang's reputation for daring to speak out will not be earned?

After weighing these pros and cons clearly, Chen Yingliang calmed down and said loudly: "Lord Fan, the grass people are brave, I want to ask you, do you know how many troops Yang Xuan has now?" How many cavalry were there in the army? How many infantry? How many elite soldiers? How many auxiliaries? How much grain and grass are there? ”

"It's ......." Fan Zigai opened his mouth and stammered, and only replied after a while: "The old man just found out that Yang Xuangan has a lot of rebels and thieves, and I don't know how many troops there are. ”

"The grass people don't read much, but they also know the truth that they know themselves and their opponents, and they will not be defeated in a hundred battles." Chen Yingliang said loudly: "If you don't know and know yourself, you will win or lose!" Master Pei was defeated without knowing anything about the enemy's situation, and daring to ask about the crime of negligence in the enemy's military situation may all be counted on his head?! ”

Fan Zigai was speechless, and the sick middle-aged man nodded, coughed and said: "What you say is a bit reasonable, I don't know that the crime of hostility cannot be counted on Master Pei's head, at least not all on his head." ”

"But the old man didn't kill him for this crime!" Fan Zigai raised his voice again and said angrily: "The old man is because of his poor command and the 13,000 imperial army of the imperial court was wiped out, so he wants to kill him with the right military law!" ”

"The grass people are brave, please ask Lord Fan again." Chen Yingliang was not afraid, and asked again: "May I ask Lord Fan, how many days did the 13,000 army prepare before setting out for the expedition?" How much food, grass and ordnance were prepared? arranged those veterans and experienced generals to assist Master Pei, who had never been on the battlefield, to face Yang Xuangan's rebels? ”

"This ...... has only been prepared for less than two days." Fan Zigai replied a little hesitantly, and hurriedly added: "But the army weapons, since the old man received the emergency report from Lord Huaizhou Thorn Shitang, they were immediately distributed in place, and the grain and grass are even more sufficient, as long as he is competitive enough, the old man can let him not lack food and grass within a year!" ”

"Lord Fan, is less than two days enough?" Chen Yingliang slowed down and asked calmly: "May I ask Lord Fan, how many years has the right Wuwei not been on the battlefield?" I heard that the last veteran elite was also brought to Liaodong by the Son of Heaven, a group of recruits who had never been on the battlefield and seen blood, went to face the rebels of Yang Xuangan, who had been plotting rebellion for a long time and had been well prepared, and dared to ask Lord Fan, if it was you who commanded the army, what were the chances of victory? ”

After a pause, Chen Yingliang said in a sincere tone: "It is true that if it is a military genius like Han Xin, the Marquis of Huaiyin, these problems are not a problem, leading an army that is not well prepared and lacks actual combat experience, you can still win all battles, but Lord Fan, can you push Master Pei out of the imperial city and behead him because he does not have Han Xin's talent?" ”

Fan Zigai's expression finally slowed down, and then immediately became hideous again, and said angrily: "Even if this is the case, he lost five battles and five defeats, and lost all the thirteen,000 troops that the imperial court had managed to assemble and equipped, which is a capital crime!" ”

"Lord Fan, you're wrong!" Chen Yingliang also raised his voice again, and said loudly: "Master Pei, he is not five defeats in five battles, but five defeats and five battles!" Not only is there no fault, but there is also great merit! ”

"What do you mean by that?" Fan Zigai was a little confused.

"Adults are knowledgeable and talented, and they must have heard the saying that a defeated army is like a mountain." Chen Yingliang said loudly: "Since ancient times, the most terrible thing on the battlefield is not the enemy, but the defeated soldiers of our own country!" Because once the front army is defeated, it will not only shake the morale of the army, but the scattered army will also disrupt the neatly lined rear army, like a flood that bursts the embankment, and can no longer be contained, and in turn becomes the vanguard of the enemy! Since ancient times, soldiers of the army who have been trampled to death by their own defeated soldiers have never been killed by the enemy! ”

"Today's situation, the grass people have also heard it, Luoyang, who met the enemy on the south bank of Luoshui, made Da Xi fearful of the enemy like a tiger, and took the lead in fleeing for his life when he was in battle, and led the five thousand imperial army on the south bank of Luoshui without a leader, and was instantly defeated, Yan zhòng affected the morale of the Pei Daren team who was facing the battle on the north bank, and also made the flanks of Pei Daren's team show flaws, and they may be caught by the thieves at any time, and the enemy will be attacked on their backs!"

"Under such circumstances, it is actually impossible for Master Pei's 8,000 army to win. But what about Lord Pei, he was still not discouraged in the case of the defeat of the previous army, and resolutely led the army to meet the enemy, although the enemy was defeated, he still persevered, and once again organized the defeated army to meet the enemy, and repeatedly defeated and fought! Defeat and defeat! Five defeats and five battles! Five defeats and five battles!! ”

"Let me ask Lord Fan, how many people in the world can do this when they first go into battle? Can you reorganize an army that has lost its morale and has completely broken up into a group and continue to resist the enemy's offensive?! ”

"And that's not all!" Chen Yingliang continued to spit on his speech: "After five defeats and five battles, when the whole army has been wiped out, Lord Pei still did not flee for his life alone like Da Xi's kindness, only caring about his own life and safety regardless of national affairs, he still rushed back to the Eastern Capital under the pursuit of thieves, reported the military situation to you, and kowtowed to ask for guilt!" And Nada Xi's kindness is still missing, and nine out of nine have already surrendered to the thieves and become Yang Xuangan's accomplices to the rebels! In contrast, which is better or worse?! ”

Speaking of this, Chen Yingliang simply stood up and asked loudly to Fan Zigai: "Finally, the grass people would like to ask Lord Fan, in the future on the battlefield of counterinsurgency, do you want all my Great Sui soldiers to be like Master Pei, who have been defeated and fought repeatedly, and would rather die than give in?" Or do you still hope that all my Great Sui soldiers will be like Da Xi's kindness, flee before fighting, and even rebel from thieves?! ”

There was silence in the hall, the old-fashioned and stubborn look on Fan Zigai's face disappeared without a trace, and the rest was just contemplation, but the sick and weak middle-aged man nodded thoughtfully, and then said to Fan Zigai: "Lord Fan, give Lord Pei a chance to make meritorious atonements, in today's battle, the biggest sinner is Da Xi's kindness, you and I also have something to do with it, although Lord Pei was defeated, his appearance on the battlefield is also remarkable." ”

In front of everyone, Fan Zigai continued to be silent, his snow-white eyebrows did not move at all, and after a long time, when Pei Hongce, who was carried by the guards, was already so anxious that he was sweating profusely again, Fan Zigai nodded lightly, and said weakly: "Let it go." ”

The guards let go of Pei Hongce according to the order, and Pei Hongce, who escaped death, first breathed a sigh of relief, and then hurriedly kowtowed desperately to Fan Zigai, and said in a loud voice: "Xie Fan stayed behind for the grace of not killing, Xie for the grace of staying behind and not killing." ”

"Don't thank the old man, thank the kid next to you." Fan Zigai snorted coldly: "If it weren't for him, you would be dead today!" But remember, there's no next time! ”

Pei Hongce kowtowed to Fan Zigai a few more times, and then turned his head to look at Chen Yingliang, although he didn't say anything to thank him, but the grateful eyes were also speechless.

"Chen Yingliang, listening to what you just said, it seems that you know a lot about military affairs." The sick middle-aged man smiled at Chen Yingliang and said, "How is it, are you willing to serve under me?" There is a shortage of people like you under my command. ”

"Lord Xie is very loving, but the grass people want to continue to follow Master Pei." Chen Yingliang replied loudly: "Since Lord Fan has given Master Pei the opportunity to make meritorious atonements, then the grass people want to accompany Lord Pei to make meritorious atonements to thank him for the sin of roaring the court today." ”

"So whatever you want." The sick middle-aged man smiled and said, "Don't regret it, my official is bigger than him." ”

"The grass people only want to serve the country, and they dare not covet the level of official positions." Chen Yingliang said it very beautifully, but he snorted coldly in his heart: "Are you stupid to be Lao Tzu? Lao Tzu saved Pei Hongce twice, he is a big corrupt official, with him, not only can he mix a loyal reputation, but also eat and drink spicy sleeping beauties, follow you, do you dare to promise to give me these? ”

"Then you can follow Pei Hongce to make meritorious contributions." Fan Zigai waved his hand and said, "You go down and rest, tomorrow there will be a meeting to discuss the military situation, don't be late." ”

Pei Hongce and Chen Yingliang agreed together and bowed and retired, but just as Chen Yingliang stepped out of the palace gate, Fan Zigai suddenly said again: "Chen boy, your tongue skills are good, you have changed the order of repeated defeats into repeated defeats, and the meaning is completely different, don't be an old man is an old fool, this bit of tongue skills, the old man still understands." ”

"Damn the grass people." Chen Yingliang hurriedly turned around and saluted again.

"You grass people roaring in the court, you should have died a long time ago." Fan Zigai sneered, waved his hand again and said: "But for the sake of what you said is a little reasonable, the old man will also give you a chance to make meritorious atonements, follow Pei Hongce to work hard, I hope your real talent and learning are better than your tongue skills." ”

Chen Yingliang agreed, and after saluting, he and Pei Hongce left the hall, and after getting out of the main hall, Pei Hongce grabbed Chen Yingliang's wrist, lowered his voice and said excitedly: "Virtuous nephew, uncle won't say anything else, from today on, you will be my own nephew, as long as uncle and I still have a bite to eat, I won't let you go hungry!" ”

"Don't be so polite, arrange a villa for me to live in, have a BMW in and out, eat more than 20 dishes per meal, and arrange two beautiful maids to serve me to sleep at night, basically so-so." Anyway, you are a big corrupt official, and you have money. These are the words of Captain Chen's heart.