The dignified Henan arrest ambassador Pei Renji, actually defected to the enemy in battle, almost pitted the main army of the Henan arrest army, such news spread, the sensational effect caused by it is, of course, as big as it is, received Chen Fuliang with 500 miles of urgent delivery, Yang Tong's first reaction to the Eastern Capital Court was that he couldn't believe it at all, or received a report that Pei Renji's son Pei Xingyan absconded, and the Eastern Capital Court woke up like a dream, and quickly mobilized the army according to Chen Fuliang's requirements, and organized soldiers and horses to reinforce the Luokoucang battlefield.

As mentioned earlier, after obtaining the consent of Emperor Yang of Sui, the size of the army of the Eastern Capital has expanded to 100,000 people, and the military baggage such as grain, grass and weapons is also very sufficient, but because of the lack of training and lack of actual combat experience, the combat effectiveness is very affected, and there are too many important facilities that need to be guarded in the area of the Eastern Capital. At the same time, before obtaining the consent of Emperor Yang of Sui, Jianyi first recruited and organized a temporary army to reinforce the troops as a precaution.

Yang Tong did not hesitate to agree to the establishment of Yuan Wendu and Duan Da, and reported to Emperor Yang of Sui that Pei Renji had rebelled and asked for permission to expand the army again, and in addition, he issued a decree to form the Eastern Capital Volunteer Army, calling on the people of the Eastern Capital to join the army and serve the country, reinforce Luokoucang, recapture the Tiger Pass, and ensure the safety of the important land in the Eastern Capital.

Yang Tong, Yuan Wendu and Duan Da's kindness did bad things, thinking that the Wagang Army was just a group of thieves who were forced by hunger, and knew that it was Chen Fuliang, the god of war who had never lost a battle, who was now fighting in Luokoucang, and felt that the title of military merit was desirable, and in order to make a fortune and make a fortune, there were many second-generation officials and wealthy second-generation officials in the eastern capital City whose enthusiasm for joining the army was higher than that of ordinary people, and countless students from high-level schools such as Guozijian, Taixue and Simen, as well as countless sons of powerful people, descendants of lords, families and wealthy giants. All of them rushed to respond to Yang Tong's call, rushed to take their family servants to join the army, and volunteered to go to the front line of Luokoucang to kill the enemy.

When Chen Fuliang received the news that made him vomit blood, it was too late to object, and as a last resort, Chen Fuliang had no choice but to quickly send General Liu Changgong, who had a strong family background, to return to the Eastern Capital to preside over the eastward expansion of the reinforcements.

On the third day of Pei Renji's rebellion, the 15,000 reinforcements led by Cheng Yanjin and Niu Jinda first rushed to the Luokoucang battlefield for reinforcements, and Chen Fuliang's old descendants were also reported in the same batch, but unfortunately, Pei Xingyan had already become the first deserter of the national army, and Chen Fuliang had to appoint his own standard-bearer Yu Le to replace Pei Xingyan as a captain.

Prior to this, the main force of the Wagang Army bullied Chen Fuliang to Luokoucang to gain a foothold, and bullied the commander of the Henan Hunting Army to rebel against the unstable heart, once launched a frontal assault on Luokoucang, but unfortunately it was attacked head-on by Kan Liang and Ma Sanbao's army, and even the warehouse wall was killed and retreated several times, and the notorious Baoguo army and a large number of Dongdu troops came to help, and the main force of the Wagang Army could only obediently withdraw to the Tiger Prison Pass, and the back of the wall and Chen Fuliang, who was constantly arriving with reinforcements, retreated slightly, But it still holds the tactical initiative in the entire Eastern Capital battlefield.

Wei Zheng and Yuan Tiangang also came to Luokoucang with the army, and after meeting, Yuan Tiangang and Wei Zheng had to complain that Chen Yingliang acted too risky in the Henan arrest incident, but Chen Fuliang shook his head and replied: "For the sake of the old department left by Zhang Dashuai, this risk is worth taking." By the way, how happened to her and her mother? ”

Chen Fuliang didn't mention his name, but Yuan Tiangang knew who he was asking, and replied: "I have been imprisoned, Fang Qiaosong greeted the Criminal Department, and asked the Criminal Department to treat them well, and they should be able to suffer a lot less." However, it is customary for them to be relegated to slavery at least in the future. ”

Chen Fuliang nodded gloomily, and no longer continued the topic, but asked again: "I asked His Majesty to send Wang Shichong as a reinforcement to attack the back of the Tiger Prison Pass, did you send the chapter out?" ”

"Sent out." Wei Zheng replied truthfully, and then asked, "Staying behind, do you definitely need Wang Shichong's reinforcements?" With our current strength, we may not be able to take the Tiger Prison? ”

"Yes." Chen Fuliang nodded and replied: "The Wagang thieves have good combat strength, even if we can barely recapture the Tiger Prison Pass now, we will inevitably have to pay a heavy price, if Wang Shichong attacks from behind, we can be much easier." With Wang Shichong helping to guard the Tiger Prison, I can also free up my hands in the future to deal with changes in other places. So for the sake of the long run, I have to take this opportunity to try to get Wang Shichong here to help me. ”

After that, Chen Fuliang involuntarily turned his gaze to the north, looking in the direction of Taiyuan, and his gaze became extremely cold.

I hope to recapture the Tiger Prison Pass, but I don't want to work hard in order to preserve my strength, this kind of thing is not good, Chen Fuliang has to bear a lot of relations even if you stay in the eastern capital. But fortunately, after finally getting rid of Pei Renji, who is a super declining god with whom, the long-awaited good luck returned to Chen Fuliang, the second day after the first batch of reinforcements arrived at the Luokoucang battlefield, the sky that had been clear for two days finally rained heavily, the land was soft, the roads were muddy, and it was not suitable for attacking fortified battles at all. Wait patiently for the decision of Emperor Yang of Sui's side.

At the same time, all kinds of bad news and bad news are still like snowflakes, flying to the eastern capital of Luoyang and Jiangdu City one after another, there are rebellions everywhere, there are popular uprisings everywhere, and the famous historical fierce man Xue Ju also raised the anti-flag in Lanzhou, and directly proclaimed himself the overlord of Western Qin, changed the name of the year to Qin Xing, and made it clear that the carriage and horses would go to the end on the glorious road of overthrowing the Great Sui. What made the Eastern Capital Imperial Court even more worried was that long before Pei Renji had defected to the enemy, Luoyang, the eastern capital, had lost contact with most of the counties east of Tiger Pass, and the southern counties of the Yellow River, where Zhang Xutuo had been fighting fires everywhere to save the emergency, were completely out of control.

The Tongji Canal has already been completely cut off by the Wagang Army, and it is very difficult for the Eastern Capital to communicate with Jiangdu, and Chen Fuliang will of course have to wait a lot of time to receive a reply on the rebellion of Pei Renji, but during this period, Emperor Yang of Sui issued an edict that made everyone in the world feel unbelievable, that is, in view of the heavy rain in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, starvation everywhere, Emperor Yang of Sui actually issued an edict - open a warehouse and release grain! The edict ordered Liyang Cang, Ji County, to take out 800,000 stone of grain to help the hungry people in Shandong, who were in the most severe disaster! Henan County also because of Yang Tong's invitation, Emperor Yang of Sui agreed to Luokoucang to give 300,000 stone of grain to help the affected people in Henan County!

I can guarantee that my friends are not mistaken, it is clearly recorded in the 184th volume of "Zizhi Tongjian" that in the thirteenth year of the Great Cause, Emperor Yang of Sui did issue such an edict! - Although this edict is simply a table of water in the head for Emperor Yang of Sui himself, this edict does exist!

Chen Fuliang, who was actually supervising Luokoucang, did not hesitate to open Luokoucang, took out 300,000 stone of grain one by one, and sent people to the disaster-stricken counties of Henan County, ordering the county officials to open porridge factories and give porridge to the poor people suffering from floods and hunger. Then the next day, Chen Fuliang couldn't wait to go to the neighboring Gongxian city in person to inspect the specific situation of the soup kitchen.

Several porridge factories outside Gongxian County were indeed surrounded by poor people with yellow faces and thin muscles, but what they received under the wind and rain was a gray and yellow rice soup that was so clear that it could show the shadow of a person, and at the same time, Chen Fuliang's personal soldiers also searched out countless grain bags that had not even been removed from the homes of Gong County officials and officials who gave relief. In a fit of rage, of course, Chen Fuliang immediately called someone to arrest the county magistrate Chai Xiaohe, and asked him in public why he withheld the disaster relief food?

Chai Xiaohe, who was quite talented, shouted out his grievances, and took the initiative to beg Chen Fuliang to search his house, check his accounts, and say that if he only needs to embezzle one grain of relief grain, he will ask Chen Fuliang to immediately chop up his whole family with his own hands! The people who received the relief also stood up one after another to testify, saying that as long as Chai Xiaohe appeared, they could drink thick white rice porridge, but as soon as Chai Xiaohe left, the rice porridge immediately turned into rice soup. Chen Fuliang's anger subsided a little, and while ordering Chai Xiaohe to strengthen supervision, he ordered more than 20 servants who embezzled disaster relief food to be beheaded in public, and also personally cut down Gongxian County Cheng who reported to various porridge factories, Chai Xiaohe also took the initiative to ask Chen Fuliang to send troops to supervise the relief to avoid a similar situation from happening again.

"Rulers, rulers." Chen Fuliang patted his forehead and sighed, and suddenly remembered something bigger, and hurriedly instructed Wei Zheng next to him: "Xuancheng, immediately arrange some people to go to the affected counties to check the situation, and then draw up a chapter for me, and ask His Royal Highness the King of Yue to send the imperial historian to the counties to supervise the relief." ”

Wei Zheng agreed, and immediately followed the order, but Chai Xiaohe, who had not yet retreated, said with a wry smile: "Chen Liushou, the lower official dares to make a bet with you, if the relief situation in other counties can be better than that of Gong County, the lower official is willing to apologize with death." ”

Chen Yingliang quickly turned his head to look at Chai Xiaohe, seeing that he had a bitter smile on his face, but his expression was very serious, Chen Fuliang was a little silent for a moment, and only after a moment did he say to himself: "I hope that there can be a few officials like you in Liyangcang, so that some food can be put in the hands of the victims, otherwise it will ......." ”

After that, Chen Fuliang sighed, shook his head, and did not make this bet with Chai Xiaohe.

As expected by Chen Fuliang, and as in history, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty's head into the water of the edict did not save his rivers and rivers of the Great Sui, in the case of the flood and starvation, the price of food naturally rose so much that it could not rise again, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty seemed to be able to save himself, and it became a God-given opportunity for officials from all over the country to make a windfall. There was not a single grain of food to be given to the victims, and tens of thousands of people died of starvation every day, and the starving corpses near Liyangcang were all over the mountains, and the corpses were so numerous that they could not be cleaned up at all.

On the day of April 23, the Pushan public camp, which had re-expanded the 30,000 people, under the personal leadership of Li Mi, suddenly crossed the Yellow River from Yanjin to the north, and then immediately went west to smash the Liyang Cang, and on the way directly shouted the slogan of opening the Liyang Cang to provide grain, attracting tens of thousands of victims and hungry people to join his team, and then only a little more than a day later, Li Mi killed under the Liyang Cang, and after a big battle, Li Mi successfully captured the largest granary north of the Yellow River, and fulfilled the promise to immediately open a warehouse for relief, open the granary and let the hungry people take food, and then naturally, in just two days, Li Mi gathered more than 100,000 displaced people, and successfully defeated the Wuyang County Cheng Yuan Treasure who came to suppress it, and the early anti-Yuan Treasure also directly led the army to surrender Li Mi, Li Mi's momentum was unparalleled for a while.

At the same time, Chen Fuliang also looked forward to the long-awaited will of Emperor Yang of Sui, in addition to ordering the Eastern Imperial Court to execute Jia Yanfu and Xiao Huaijing, who were traitorous and collaborators, Emperor Yang of Sui, who was eager to recapture the Tiger Pass and reopen the Tongji Canal, was rarely in his right mind, and agreed to send Pengcheng to stay behind Wang Shichong to lead the army north to reinforce the battlefield of Tiger Pass, accept Chen Fuliang's command, join hands to attack Tiger Pass, recapture this critical chokepoint, and also strive to annihilate the main force of the Wagang Army on the battlefield of Tiger Pass, and also named the heads of Pei Renji and his son.

After receiving this will, Chen Fuliang finally breathed a sigh of relief, and his confidence in recapturing the Tiger Prison Pass to defeat Zhai Rang was greatly increased, and Yuan Tiangang immediately said to Chen Fuliang: "Stay behind, you might as well spread this news immediately, let the Wagang thieves know that the Wagang thieves do not produce, and the supply of grain and grass depends on looting, and it has been two and a half months since occupying the Tiger Prison Pass, even if the Wagang thieves still have some grain and grass savings, they must not be much, and the Wagang thieves know the news that Wang Shichong is coming to help, and they will definitely have the idea of abandoning the pass and leaving, and our army will send troops to attack the city again, The pressure will be greatly reduced. ”

"It's a good idea to be normal, but not right now." Chen Fuliang shook his head, tapped his finger on the map of Liyangcang and said: "You forget Li Mi, the Liyangcang where he is entrenched now is only more than two hundred miles away from the Tiger Prison Pass, if Zhai Rang learns that Wang Shichong is killed from behind him, he is likely to have the intention of asking Li Mi for help, and Li Mi is also likely to send troops to rescue him. ”

"Zhai Rang asked Li Mi for help?" Yuan Tiangang was stunned and said, "How is this possible?" Li Mi was driven away by Zhai Rang last time, and the two thieves had already turned their faces, how could they join forces again? ”

"Zhai Rang turned his face with Li Mi last time because of my strategy." Chen Fuliang replied: "Pei Renji knows what I have done before and after, and now he has surrendered to the Wagang thieves, and he must have reported the original incident to Zhai Rang, even if Zhai Rang refuses to make a noise for the sake of face, he must have regretted it in his heart, if he has the intention of reuniting with Li Mi, now Li Mi has taken Liyang Cang again, and there are many soldiers and enough food, and Zhai Rang, who has no logistics supplies, will of course want to rejoin forces with him." ”

"Li Mi's traitor is also very likely to be willing to reunite with Zhai Rang." Chen Fuliang continued: "The grain reserves of Liyang Cang are less than a quarter of Luokou Cang, and it is absolutely impossible to satisfy Li Mi's appetite. ”

"Therefore, now not only can we not spread the news of Wang Shichong's imminent reinforcement to intimidate the Wagang thieves, but also show weakness to the enemy, so that the Wagang thieves feel that their strength is enough to seize Luokoucang, and also let Zhai Rang refuse to contact Li Mi immediately for the sake of face to repair, so that when the Wagang thieves find out the news that Wang Shichong killed from behind, even if they immediately send someone to ask Li Mi for help, Li Mi will immediately send troops to reinforce, and the time must be very hasty, and the flaws will be revealed in a hurry, and my old father-in-law Wang Shichong is not a good stubble, As long as Li Mi shows flaws, he can generally catch them. ”

After listening to Chen Fuliang's explanation, Yuan Tiangang nodded again and again, and then Yuan Tiangang suddenly came to his senses and hurriedly asked: "We just received the news of the fall of Liyangcang before, and if we stayed behind, we immediately transferred Liu Changgong's invincible battalion to the east bank of the Shizi River to set up camp. ”

Chen Fuliang smiled, nodded, and said: "Although I haven't confirmed whether Wang Shichong can come to help us at that time, I also have to guard against His Majesty's disagreement with Wang Shichong to reinforce the Tiger Prison Pass battlefield, so that the invincible battalion can camp on the east bank of the Shizi River, which can not only show the enemy to be false, but also maybe lead the Wagang thieves out of the pass." The Wagang thieves are a little afraid of me, but when they see our invincible battalion, they will definitely not be so afraid. ”

Yuan Tiangang laughed loudly and said: "Yes, just like the invincible battalion, even if the subordinate is only a civilian, he must have the courage to personally lead the army into battle, and he must dare to take the lead and rush to the front." ”

Chen Fuliang also couldn't help laughing, the result was also a coincidence, just at this time, the scout rushed to report, saying that the Wagang thieves suddenly sent an army, and they were killing at Luokoucang, Chen Yingliang was overjoyed when he heard it, and knew that Zhai Rang finally couldn't hold his breath and wanted to go out of the customs to fight, so he immediately ordered the army to strictly guard the Luoshui and Shizihe pontoon bridges, and ordered Liu Changgong not to attack, and to stick to the camp with all his might, and let the Wagang army attack his invincible camp camp.

Oh, by the way, by the way, explain the origin of the name of the invincible battalion, according to Chen Fuliang's request, Liu Changgong organized the second generation of rich second generation officials in the eastern capital into a separate army, together with the family children and servants brought by these rich second generation officials, formed an army of about 8,000 people, equipped with the best armor and weapons provided by the imperial court of the Eastern Capital, wearing the most gorgeous clothes, shoes and socks, no need to train as hard as ordinary soldiers, and it was rumored that there were beautiful women in the army, but these rich second generation officials and the second generation still refused to be satisfied, and they had to make trouble like serving the national army, with a separate military name. Liu Changgong was entangled by them, so he had to run to Chen Fuliang to solve the problem, Chen Fuliang personally splashed ink, and the name of the invincible battalion was born.

Of course, we all know General Liu's ability to lead troops, and whether this army is truly invincible in the world is a question that only God knows. Coincidentally, at this time, the scout rushed to report, saying that the Wagang thieves suddenly sent an army and were killing at Luokoucang, Chen Yingliang was overjoyed when he heard it, and knew that Zhai Rang finally couldn't hold his breath and wanted to go out of the customs to fight, so he immediately ordered the army to strictly guard the Luoshui and Shizihe pontoon bridges, and ordered Liu Changgong not to attack, and to stick to the camp with all his might, and let the Wagang army attack his invincible camp camp.

Oh, by the way, by the way, explain the origin of the name of the invincible battalion, according to Chen Fuliang's request, Liu Changgong organized the second generation of rich second generation officials in the eastern capital into a separate army, together with the family children and servants brought by these rich second generation officials, formed an army of about 8,000 people, equipped with the best armor and weapons provided by the imperial court of the Eastern Capital, wearing the most gorgeous clothes, shoes and socks, no need to train as hard as ordinary soldiers, and it was rumored that there were beautiful women in the army, but these rich second generation officials and the second generation still refused to be satisfied, and they had to make trouble like serving the national army, with a separate military name. Liu Changgong was entangled by them, so he had to run to Chen Fuliang to solve the problem, Chen Fuliang personally splashed ink, and the name of the invincible battalion was born.

Of course, we all know General Liu's ability to lead troops, and whether this army is truly invincible in the world is a question that only God knows.