The sky is high for birds to fly, and the sea is wide for fish to leap.

This sentence is used to describe Chen Yingliang's mood after leaving Daxing, it is more appropriate, there is no more Chen Laosan's kind nagging, and there is no sense of gloomy oppression brought by the narrow houses and streets, and there is no need to worry about the exclusion and suppression of the old Chai family, only the sky is high and the sea is wide, and there are countless dangers and opportunities in the unknown environment, and the blood is boiling under the unwillingness, and the obsession of getting ahead and getting promoted and making a fortune is stronger than when he was the captain of the criminal police brigade. And he rode on his horse for seventy or eighty miles.

Oh, by the way, Chen Yingliang's ability to ride is stained with the light of the dead ghost Chen Yingliang, the dead ghost Chen Yingliang has been a good ancestor, and he has received special training in civil and military affairs when his family has not fallen, of course, he has learned riding as the most basic skill of a general, although the riding skills are not too fine, but it is not enough to urge the horse to whip it, and the result is cheap now Chen Yingliang - inherited all the memories of the dead ghost Chen Yingliang, and there is no need to work hard to learn riding from scratch.

There are many reasons why Chen Yingliang is in a hurry, an important reason is that he took the initiative to provoke the powerful old Chai family when he left, and he was still a little worried that the old Chai family would retaliate.

The second reason is equally important, as a traverser, of course Chen Yingliang knows that Emperor Yang of Sui's three personal expeditions to Goguryeo have all returned in vain, and this personal expedition will certainly not be an exception, if Chen Yingliang wants to seize the opportunity provided by Fang Xuanling to show his talents, show his skills, and even help Emperor Yang of Sui, who is not wrong in his starting point, to turn the tide of the war and change the fate of the failure of the conquest of Goguryeo, then naturally the sooner he rushes to the battlefield in Liaodong, the better, and Daxing is thousands of miles away from Liaodong, Chen Yingliang of course has to speed up the trip as much as possible.

At present, the Guanzhong area, which is still too peaceful, also provides the most basic safety guarantee for Chen Yingliang's hurried journey, so that Chen Yingliang did not encounter any risks and twists and turns along the way, and it took only three days to rush from Daxing to Tongguan. After resting for the night in an inn east of Tongguan, Chen Yingliang immediately marched east along the official road, preparing to cross the Yellow River in the eastern capital of Luoyang, and go straight to Liaodong via the North China Plain.

The itinerary continued as always, all the way to the rush of Chen Yingliang also took more than a day to arrive in Shaanxi County, from the eastern capital of Luoyang has only about two days left, but in Shaanxi County rest for a night to continue to the east, Chen Yingliang gradually found that the situation is not quite right, I don't know why, the official road to the official post suddenly more than a lot, riding a fast horse, wearing a chest with the word post on the chest clothes, in a hurry, several of the post on the back, simply planted a small red flag representing 100,000 urgency, and shouted directly when he encountered pedestrians blocking the road, "Get out of the way quickly, emergency military situation, death to those who block the way!" ”

"What's wrong?" After encountering such a post guard for the third time, Chen Yingliang vaguely noticed that the situation was not good, and at the same time, Chen Yingliang also discovered a detail, that is, these post guards carrying small red flags were all galloping from the direction of Luoyang in the east, all the way to the direction of Daxing in the west. Based on this, Chen Yingliang can be sure that somewhere in the east, there must be an earth-shattering event!

It is very likely that the place where the big incident happened is still very close, because when he arrived at Mianchi that afternoon, Chen Yingliang saw many people coming from the east, either carrying large bags and small bags, pushing wheelbarrows, or driving cattle, sheep and horse-drawn carts, helping the old and the young, calling for children and daughters, and rushing westward, as if there was already a war ahead.

"Something must have gone wrong!" Chen Yingliang's heart sank, and such a thought immediately flashed, "Could it be that the Wagang army has hit Luoyang?" Isn't that right, the Wagang Army is still just a small group of bandits, so the strength to attack Luoyang? ”

Surprised, Chen Yingliang hurriedly dismounted and stood on the side of the road, stopped a middle-aged man with a package on his back, and asked him, "Uncle, what's going on in front?" Why are there so many people fleeing? ”

"What's wrong? Something is wrong! The middle-aged man was obviously a bad-tempered character, and roared at Chen Yingliang: "Yang Xuan of Shangzhu Kingdom has rebelled!" It's also on the edge of the eastern capital, and it's about to hit the pond, why don't we run away quickly, stay and wait for death?! ”

After roaring, the middle-aged man hurriedly pulled his family away, but Chen Yingliang was stunned in place, his head thundering, "How can I forget such a historical event as Yang Xuangan's mutiny?" Emperor Yang of Sui personally conquered Goguryeo for the second time, but he didn't fight at all, because Yang Xuangan rebelled, and he turned around and came back just after arriving in Liaodong! ”

"Yang Xuangan! You're a bastard who killed me! Chen Yingliang complained bitterly, "Lao Tzu finally found a starting opportunity, but it was tossed away by you!" Now Lao Tzu can't say that he can't go to Liaodong, even if he can go to Liaodong, is it useless? Emperor Yang of Sui's army has withdrawn to clean you up, how could Fang Xuanling's father recommend me to the general of the Sui Dynasty as a secretary?! ”

Under the bitterness, Chen Yingliang kicked the street tree on the side of the road, and continued to grit his teeth and scolded in his heart, "I can't go to Liaodong, what should I do?" Back to Daxing? Just offended the Chai family to death, isn't Lao Tzu looking for death when he goes back now? Going to Wagang? Now Wagang is a den of bandits, and it is not only too dangerous to go to them, but the road may not be clear! Yang Xuangan, you idiot! It's obviously lost, so you're making a dick?! Lao Tzu was killed by you, ...... was killed, etc.! Wait! ”

scolded here in his heart, Chen Yingliang's heart suddenly moved, and suddenly thought of a brighter and broader road, and said secretly: "Why did I drill the tip of the horns?" I didn't think about it the other way around, Yang Xuangan's rebellion is also a good opportunity for me to develop! In history, this fool rebelled, and it didn't take long for him to be wiped out by the main force of the Sui Dynasty army that came back to help, and in the end he couldn't lose anymore, and he couldn't die anymore! In that case, why don't I go to the Sui Dynasty general who suppressed Yang Xuangan's rebellion and follow him to clean up Yang Xuangan? Compared with the battlefield in Liaodong, which is bound to be defeated, the battlefield of counterinsurgency that must be won, isn't it a hundred times easier to earn merit and qualifications? ! ”

After figuring out this joint, Chen Yingliang suddenly stopped having a sore waist, no more pain in his legs, and no more cramps at night, and immediately began to think about how to defect to the Sui army to take credit for counterinsurgency. However, Chen Yingliang basically didn't know anything about the situation ahead now, and he lacked the necessary intelligence support to figure out how to advance to the army, so he could only quickly find a way to inquire about the details of the front and grasp more specific details of Yang Xuangan's mutiny.

It also happened that at this time, a family of people who fled with their children passed by Chen Yingliang, and the little boy in the family kept crying and said that he was thirsty, but the family forgot to carry drinking water and could only let the son endure it, but how long can a child endure it, and continue to cry endlessly, Chen Yingliang saw an idea, and hurriedly untied the sheepskin water bag on his saddle, and greeted the family: "Uncle, auntie, let your children drink my water, it's so hot, children will fall ill if they lack water." ”

"What's so embarrassing?" The man of the common people hesitated.

"It's okay, I'll just go to the front and fill another pot where there is water." Chen Yingliang said with a smile.

Seeing Chen Yingliang's kindness, and the child was very thirsty, the couple thanked Chen Yingliang for his kindness, took the water bag and fed the children, and thanked Chen Yingliang for his kindness. What is the situation in Michi and Luoyang? ”

"I heard that Yang Xuangan hit the water in the east of the eastern capital." The couple replied: "The county lord of Michi has ordered martial law in the whole city, and the four gates are closed, and the people are not allowed to enter or leave. ”

"What about the situation in the Eastern Capital?" Chen Yingliang asked, the couple shook their heads and said they didn't know, Chen Yingliang was helpless, so he had to ask again: "Uncle, then when did you know the news?" ”

"That's what I learned this morning." The couple replied: "This morning, the county lord ordered martial law in the whole city, saying that Yang Xuangan of Shangzhu State rebelled, crossed the Yellow River in Ji County, and brought countless thieves to the east to kill. ”

"The evacuated people notified by Michi this morning, I only saw those post guards carrying red flags today." Chen Ying's conscience analyzed, "The speed of intelligence transmission of the government is faster than that of the people, Yang Xuangan, the unlucky guy rebelled, such an important news must be six hundred miles to be delivered urgently, and six hundred miles to rush the news from Luoyang to Mianchi, that is, about two hours, that is to say, Luoyang is likely to be last night, or even this morning, the military situation emergency report was issued, according to this calculation, Yang Xuangan should still be some distance away from Luoyang now, I went to join the counterinsurgency army, there must be time or so!" ”

roughly guessed the location of Yang Xuangan's rebels, Chen Yingliang did not hesitate, quickly thanked the common couple, remounted his horse and continued eastward, and rushed to the eastern capital of Luoyang at full speed.

Chen Yingliang, who is not rich in his hand, bought a very general mount, and the speed is far from catching up with the good fast horse that transmits the military information at the post station, even if the fast horse whip at all the way, Chen Yingliang only arrived at the city of Mianchi around the time of Shen Shi in the afternoon, and at this moment the Mianchi has already been under full martial law, the four doors are closed in broad daylight, and the heavily armed defenders on the city wall are constantly patrolling, and at the same time, the castle town outside the city is also closed by every household, and the residents have escaped cleanly, leaving garbage and debris all over the ground.

It is impossible to enter the city, there is not much hope for staying in the hotel, Chen Yingliang is not in a hurry, relying on the dry food replenished in Shaanxi County is quite sufficient, and the night in the sixth month of the lunar calendar is definitely not cold, Chen Yingliang simply bypassed Mianchi City and continued to go east, racing against time to rush to Luoyang.

That night, Chen Yingliang slept in the grove by the official road leading from Michi to Luoyang, and only slept for two hours, and continued to move east by moonlight.

Chen Yingliang's speed is fast enough, but unfortunately Chen Yingliang seriously underestimated Yang Xuangan's advance speed, and he didn't know that Yang Xuangan had a bad kind called Li Mi around him, and Yang Xuangan marched at full speed without giving the Luoyang defenders a chance to prepare, just on the same day that Chen Yingliang knew the news of Yang Xuangan's mutiny, the main force of the rebel army led by Yang Xuangan himself had already crossed the Tiger Prison Pass, and the soldiers were divided into two ways and marched westward along Luoshui at full speed, and there was only one day left from Luoyang.

Chen Yingliang also underestimated the reaction speed of the defenders of Luoyang, or on the same day, the eastern capital of the Great Sui stayed behind in Fanzigai, and had already sent two armies to the east to meet Yang Xuangan's rebels, one army was led by Henan County Ling Daxi goodwill, with a strength of about 5,000 people, and an army led by Henan Zanzhi Pei Hongce, with a strength of 8,000 people, respectively to meet Yang Xuangan's two forwards.

What Chen Yingliang didn't know was that on the morning of the next day, when he saw the magnificent city of Luoyang, the eastern capital of the Great Sui, almost at the same time, the two counterinsurgency armies led by Pei Hongce and Da Xi had already fought with Yang Jishan and Yang Xuanting, the two forwards of Yang Xuangan's rebels, on the north and south banks of Luoshui respectively, and what was waiting for the Great Sui counterinsurgency army would be a two-way rout and a fiasco!