Because the main force of the rebels suddenly increased the intensity of the scout battle, the messenger sent by Fan Zigai to contact Wei Xuan failed to return to Luoyang City in time to deliver the news, and it was not until it was completely dark that the Luoyang messenger left Wei Xuan's camp, and took advantage of the cover of the night, as well as the complex terrain in the area of Bishan, and took advantage of the small road back to Luoyang to deliver Wei Xuan's reply - just like this, the Luoyang messenger was almost discovered by the rebel scouts on two other occasions.

Because it was not fast at night, when the messenger returned to Luoyang City, which was more than sixty miles away, it was already early in the morning of the next day, and the sky was already completely bright. After reading Wei Xuan's reply full of angry words, and learning from the messenger that a large amount of grain and grass had been transported to the main camp of the rebels, Fan Zigai and Huangfu Wuyi jumped up at the same time in shock, and exclaimed in unison: "How is it possible? We have obviously robbed Yang Rebellion of grain and grass, how can there be grain and grass sent to Yang Rebellion's main camp? ”

"The villain doesn't dare to lie, the rebels' grain and grass arrived at the Bishan battlefield, and the villain saw it with his own eyes." The messenger truthfully reported what he had seen and heard on the battlefield in Bishan to Fan Zigai, and heard Fan Zigai and Huangfu Wuyi dumbfounded and dumbfounded, and finally came back to his senses, Fan Zigai of course ordered the first time to summon Chen Yingliang, Liu Changgong and Hu Benlang, who was in charge of scout affairs, to the imperial city to discuss matters.

In a moment, the three parties were all announced into the imperial city, among them, Chen Yingliang and Liu Changgong, who were only in charge of the battle, were better, and were not reprimanded by Fan Zigai, but He Lanyi, who was in charge of the scout beacon, was scolded by Fan Zigai and Huangfu Wuyi for a bloody dog, and the grumpy Fan Zigai also asked the guards of the forbidden army to take He Lanyi down, and was ready to take Helan Yi to open a knife to strict military law, of course He Lanyi was crazy and shouted a loud defense with tears in his eyes, "There is no dereliction of duty at the end, there is no dereliction of duty at the end!" In order to monitor the traitor team in Jinyong City, the last general sent out all the most reliable personal troops to monitor the scouts to prevent them from being lazy! ”

"So how did the traitor get to the Bishan Battlefield?" Fan Zigai roared angrily: "Since you are not derelict in your duties, how did the traitor team manage to transport grain?" Could it be that the traitor's grain wagon grew wings and flew over on its own? ”

"This ......, this last general doesn't know." Helan Yi was sweating profusely, and said with a crying voice: "Could it be that the traitor's grain team was transported to the Bishan battlefield by a small road?" But it's impossible, the last general also arranged scouts on the path? ”

"It's impossible." Liu Changgong, who has some experience in charging grain, opened his mouth and interjected: "General He, I am not a stone, it is absolutely impossible to transport grain by small roads, the grain trucks are not as good as the infantry, no matter how steep and rugged the paths, the infantry can march quickly, but it is impossible for the grain trucks to march quickly on the small roads, and it is impossible for the people who are tired to die to march seventy miles in one day." ”

"General Liu, what are you doing if you don't fall into the well?" Helan Yi cried on the spot, and said loudly: "I have dug up more than a dozen official roads, and I have also demolished two bridges, even if the scouts I sent out are incompetent, it is impossible for the traitor's grain and grass to transport grain from the official road!" ”

"Two generals, please stop fighting." Chen Yingliang, who had been calculating, suddenly spoke, first stopped the dispute between He Lanyi and Liu Changgong, and then turned to the messenger who was also present, and asked: "May I ask this lord, did the rebel grain transport team you saw on the Bishan battlefield at that time use mules and horses to transport grain, or do you use manpower to carry grain on their backs?" ”

"Mule and horse wagons carry grain." The messenger replied truthfully: "There is a very large convoy, at least six or seven hundred, and the carts are full of grain and grass. ”

"That's right." Chen Yingliang nodded, turned to Fan Zigai and Huangfu Wuyi and said: "The left-behind lord, General Huangfu, General He was wronged, he did not derelict his duties, there was no grain and grass to transport to the Bishan battlefield at all, and the traitor grain team's car was not loaded with grain and grass. ”

"Not grain and grass? What is that? Fan Zigai was taken aback.

"Dirt, sand and gravel, in order to save effort, maybe some thatch leaves will be stuffed into it." Chen Yingliang sneered and said: "The villain can be sure that after Yang Xuangan learned that the grain and grass had been robbed, and found out that our army was desperately destroying the road and not giving him the opportunity to transport grain, he deliberately arranged a fake grain team to transport grain into the camp, creating the illusion that he had enough grain and grass, and forcing and inducing our Daxing reinforcements to fight a decisive battle!" Because our Daxing reinforcements can't supply grain and grass, it will only be a dead end! ”

Fan Zigai and Huangfu Wuyi were stunned again, but Liu Changgong came back to his senses first and shouted: "Yes, that's the truth!" Hundreds of grain trucks transported grain from Jinyong City to the Bishan battlefield, such a big movement, even if our scouts were all a herd of pigs, they would definitely be able to easily find it! What's more, the road has also been destroyed by us, and the thieves will never be able to send grain and grass to the Bishan battlefield so quickly! Things must be the same as Chen Ji's room guessed, those grain trucks are fake! ”

"One more point." Chen Yingliang added: "The reason why the villain inquired about how the traitor team transported the grain was because he was worried that the Yang rebels would take advantage of the abundant manpower and carry the grain from the small road on their shoulders, so that our scouts might indeed be negligent and let the Yang rebels get lucky with the grain!" But it is absolutely impossible for grain trucks, just like General Liu said, no matter how many people are tired to death, it is impossible to transport hundreds of heavy grain trucks from the small road to the Bishan battlefield in such a short time, because this is absolutely impossible! ”

Since he met Chen Yingliang, Fan Zigai, who has always liked to stand up straight, made his butt on the chair for the first time, touched his forehead and lamented: "What a cunning traitor to Yang!" The old man almost fell into the scheme, and Wei Wensheng, the old horseman, also hit the trick nine times out of ten! ”

Hearing this, the face of the messenger who sent the letter back and forth suddenly changed greatly, and Huangfu Wuyi's face also changed, and he quickly stood up and coughed and said: "Fan stays behind, you can't be careless, immediately send someone to contact Wei Shangshu, tell him the situation, and let him not fall for the trick!" Don't fall for Yang Reverse, and be anxious for Yang Reverse's main force to fight a decisive battle. ”

Fan Zigai agreed, jumped up and was about to write a letter, but the messenger who had just returned from the Bishan battlefield said timidly: "Fan Liu, it's too late, Wei Liushou has already been tricked, yesterday morning he had already ordered to stop reinforcing the camp, let the army prepare for war with all its might, and fight the main battle with the traitors this morning." Counting the time, at this time, the battle on the Bishan battlefield has already started. ”

With a soft snap, the brush in Fan Zigai's hand fell to the ground, the wrinkled old face was full of horror, Huangfu Wuyi was also stammering, and Chen Yingliang shouted bitterly, "Oops! After losing two battles in a row, the morale has been greatly reduced, the enemy situation is unknown, and the battle is still a desperate battle, Wei Shangshu may have to be more auspicious this time! ”

Fan Zigai's face sank like water, and after bowing his head and thinking for a long time, Fan Zigai raised his head and asked Chen Yingliang with a stern expression: "Yingliang, can we do something for Wei Wensheng?" Wei Wensheng is not only an important minister of the imperial court, but also a friend of the old man for many years, the old man can't watch him lose again and be indifferent, is there any way you can help him? ”

Chen Yingliang, who has always been resourceful, also rarely hesitated, and hesitated for a moment before replying: "Back to the left-behind lord, if you want to reduce the pressure on Wei Shangshu's side, the only way is to take the risk of going to war, send an army to the Bishan battlefield, and beat Yang Shun's main force from behind, even if you can't win, you can force Yang Shun's main force to divide your troops, so that Yang Shun's main force can't concentrate on attacking Wei Shangshu's team." ”

This time it was the turn of the two generals, Liu Changgong and He Lanyi, whose faces changed greatly, and they hurriedly lowered their heads together, not even daring to take a breath of air, for fear that Fan Zigai would name him to carry out this death mission. Fortunately, Fan Zigai, who had already suffered several big losses in the risky battle, was now much calmer, and did not immediately send troops to fight regardless of the tail, and asked Chen Yingliang: "Didn't you say that the terrain around Bishan is complicated and not suitable for war?" ”

"It's not time to fight, but now we have to take a risk." Chen Yingliang replied in a deep voice: "Wei Shangshu is a big hanger, one of the few important ministers of the imperial court in the Great Sui, if he encounters misfortune, not only the heavy loss of the imperial court, but also the morale and fighting spirit of the imperial court counterinsurgency army, our Eastern Capital army is difficult to explain in front of the emperor, and what is even more terrible is that if Wei Shangshu is unfortunately killed in battle or accidentally captured, Daxing Guanzhong will be a group of dragons without a leader, and if the Yang rebel thief army takes advantage of the situation to enter Guanzhong, the consequences will be unpredictable!" ”

Fan Zigai nodded, admitting that what Chen Yingliang said was reasonable, and knew that he chose to die now and not save him, if Wei Xuan was really killed or captured, it would be difficult to explain to the moody Emperor Yang of Sui in the future, so after gritting his teeth, Fan Zigai still decided to take a risk, turned to Liu Changgong and He Lanyi and said: "You two, who is willing to lead three thousand troops out of the city with Ying Liang and go to the Bishan battlefield to reinforce the team left behind?" ”

Liu Changgong and He Lanyi lowered their heads together, but they scolded Chen Yingliang in their hearts for messing up with bad ideas, and Chen Yingliang hurriedly said: "Fan stays behind, there is no need to send another army, it is enough for the villain to lead the army to go to the Bishan battlefield alone to support Wei Shangshu." ”

"You only bring four regiments of troops to reinforce Wei Wensheng?" Fan Zigai was taken aback.

"Soldiers are expensive, not much." Chen Yingliang replied: "Although the strength of the four regiments is not much, if the command is effective and the tactics are appropriate, they can still play a role in the battlefield. Also, there are advantages of fewer troops, at least you can be flexible and flexible, advance and retreat freely, if the left-behind adults send the rear army to me, the villain must also consider the safety of the rear army when fighting, but tie his hands and feet, take care of one and lose the other. ”

"Ambitious!" Fan Zigai praised it, and after a little calculation, he gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, the old man will let you take the national army to the Bishan battlefield, what preparation you need, just speak." ”

"Equip each person with a war horse, and two days of dry food and horse feed for each person." Chen Yingliang replied: "The Bishan battlefield is more than 60 miles away from Luoyang, and if you rush to the battlefield on foot, it will have a huge impact on the soldiers' bodies and is not conducive to combat. In addition, there are a lot of cavalry in Yang's rebel team, and if the villain's team does not have a war horse, it will suffer a lot in terms of army mobility, so the villain needs a war horse to travel. ”

"Of course the war horses of the four regiments are fine." Fan Zigai agreed, and then wondered: "But before, your team has always been fighting on foot, and suddenly let the soldiers ride on war horses, okay?" ”

"On this point, we must thank General Huangfu for taking precautions." Chen Yingliang bowed his hand to Huangfu Wuyi and said: "The villain has learned about the riding skills of the Baoguo Army before, and the soldiers told me that although the infantry of the Right Wuwei is not equipped with war horses, they have all received riding training at the request of the Huangfu General, although they are not able to fight on horseback, but they can also run on horseback, and many people in the **** team are still cavalry from the Right Wuwei, and their riding skills are better, and they can directly fight on horseback. The villain didn't want all the soldiers to fight on horseback this time, as long as they could run on horseback. ”

"Yes." Huangfu Wuyi coughed and testified to Chen Yingliang: "After I took over the right military guard last year, I was worried that the cavalry would die on the battlefield and lose expensive horses in vain, so I asked the infantry team to take turns to practice horsemanship, but I didn't expect to be able to use it today." ”

"That's good!" Although he had to risk a lot of loss of war horses, Fan Zigai, who held the financial wealth of the Eastern Capital, did not even blink his eyelids, and immediately pointed at Liu Changgong and ordered: "Immediately go and prepare the war horses of the four regiments, pick up the best war horses as much as possible to report to the ****, two days of dry food and fine horse materials, within an hour, prepare for the old man!" ”

Liu Changgong hurriedly hugged his fists and agreed, but Chen Yingliang said: "Fan stays behind, don't be in such a hurry, just prepare in two hours, two hours, and the villain plans to set off again in two hours." ”

Fan Zigai frowned slightly, just wanted to ask why, and Liu Changgong, who said that Chen Yingliang was considerate of himself, hurriedly said: "Brother Yingliang, don't worry, these are ready-made, one hour is enough, it won't take two hours." ”

"General Liu misunderstood, I'm not worried that you won't have time to prepare dry food for war horses." Chen Yingliang shook his head and explained: "I want to beat Yang rebels for a time difference, now it is the morning and the hour is about to pass, two hours later in the afternoon, I plan to use about three hours to rush to the Bishan battlefield, when the time is the unitary time, Yang rebel thieves have been fighting for a day and are close to exhaustion, and they haven't had time to eat dinner, the whole army is in a state of hunger, thirst and exhaustion, and our army will launch a surprise attack again, which can increase the chances of victory." ”

"I see." Liu Changgong suddenly realized and said with a smile: "Brother Yingliang, how did your brain grow?" Even such details can be taken into account, the abacus is too fine. ”

"Ying Liang is diligent and progressive, reads a lot, and likes to use his brain in everything!" Fan Zigai scolded: "That's like a few of you waste, what else will you do besides drinking and playing with women?" ”

Liu Changgong shut up, Chen Yingliang was afraid of being hated, and hurriedly pointed to the messenger who was still at the scene and said: "Fan stays behind, the villain still wants to ask this adult to go with me on the expedition, he is familiar with the situation of the Bishan battlefield, and can help me a lot." ”

"Chen Ji room, the villain is a clerical worker, how can I help you?" The messenger said with a sad face: "The villain finally came back from the Bishan battlefield, and he didn't even breathe. ”

"Your Excellency forgives your sins." Chen Yingliang arched his hand and said sincerely: "The villain knows that you are tired, but this adventure expedition, you must have someone who is familiar with the battlefield situation as a guide, and introduce me to the terrain and roads at any time, as well as some special situations on both sides of the enemy and us, so this time I must bother you to go with me on the expedition." ”

The messenger's expression was crying, saying that he didn't want to venture to the Bishan battlefield with tens of thousands of rebels for the third time, Fan Zigai pointed at him without hesitation and said: "You go to the Bishan battlefield with Yingliang, come back triumphantly, the old man has his own heavy reward, and he will give you a promotion, no, two levels!" ”

After listening to Fan Zigai's promised reward, the messenger's face was slightly better, and he also sang his promise and accepted the task of accompanying Chen Yingliang to the expedition. After asking Chen Yingliang and having no other requirements, Fan Zigai hesitated with a complicated expression, and then said to Chen Yingliang: "Yingliang, although I am a little sorry for Wei Wensheng's old immortal, but the old man still has to tell you a word - when you arrive at the battlefield in Bishan, you can do it, you can't do it, you have to do your best to come back with the army to serve the country, and the eastern capital Luoyang can't do without a **** now." ”

"Please rest assured." Chen Yingliang replied: "This matter is also related to the villain's own head, and the villain will naturally act cautiously." ”

"Very well, then you can go." Fan Zigai nodded and sighed: "Lead four regiments to attack the main force of the rebel army with an unknown number, I hope you can surprise the old man this time." ”