In the battle of Yongcheng, the appearance of the new army of Qian County was actually quite ordinary, although the casualties were not very large, and the real gains were not many, in the case that Du Fuwei's troops had been severely damaged, they still did not seize the opportunity to completely defeat Du Fuwei, so that Du Fuwei escaped from the battlefield under the condition of being able to retain a certain strength, and did not achieve the tactical goal that Chen Yingliang expected, which made Chen Yingliang very disappointed.

Of course, there are many reasons for this situation, and we cannot completely blame the Sui army for its ineffective operation, first of all, the strength of the Sui army is insufficient, and the available soldiers in Chen Yingliang's hands are only more than 2,000 people in ten regiments, and it is still a new army that has only received more than a month of formal military training, and its combat effectiveness is still very low; secondly, the Sui army did not have a cavalry team and lacked mobility; In the end, Du Fuwei commanded the troops in a good way, defeated but not defeated, retreated without chaos, and decisively left the elite soldiers behind the palace, which effectively contained the Sui army and weakened the Sui army's already weak enough combat strength, and the Sui army team could not completely defeat Du Fuwei, which is logical.

But it's almost enough, most of the night's internal strife and fire came down, coupled with the killing of the Sui army's team, after Du Fuwei and other big and small thieves and wolves escaped from Qian County, nearly 10,000 corpses of soldiers of the mutant army were left on the battlefield, so that Chen Yingliang, whose face was thick enough, could unashamedly claim to behead tens of thousands of people in the song, and at the same time seized a large number of military baggage, as well as many valuable items looted by Du Fuwei's team for thousands of miles, which were also eaten by Chen Yingliang, the real thief.

The first is of course that the ranks of the new army have been trained in actual combat, so that the soldiers have seen blood and killed people and won battles, which not only allowed many soldiers to overcome the psychological barrier of fear of war and war, but also established battlefield confidence. And the second huge gain is Kan Liang, like Kan Liang, a loyal and daring general who can also lead troops, is definitely an accomplice lackey who can be met but not sought, Chen Yingliang ambushed him, which is undoubtedly an additional arm in the military, and can also be used to rest assured, not like using Zhu Cang, you must be cautious, and if you are not careful, you may be eaten back.

In view of these rich harvests, although he was not very satisfied with the results, Chen Yingliang was basically acceptable, after collecting the troops and returning to the camp, the first thing Chen Yingliang did was to order the three armies to be rewarded, and reward the meritorious soldiers with the money and food that Xu Minlian had finally scavenged from the people, and arranged for Dong You to organize the people to clean up the battlefield, and quickly bury the corpses while the weather was still cold, so as not to break out of the plague after the weather warmed, and then quickly wrote the results of the battle into a concert, and sent people to the eastern capital day and night to tell Emperor Yang of Sui who was there, said that he did not live up to Emperor Yang of Sui's expectations, and asked Emperor Yang of Sui to quickly get some rewards to reward himself.

Because of the lack of combat effectiveness, the new army of Qianjun still lost more than 300 soldiers in this battle, but fortunately, the Sui army team recruited a lot of prisoners on the battlefield, and the number was more than 1,000 people, and most of them were soldiers in the prime of life. It can just be used to form a team of Mo Dao soldiers for Chen Yingliang.

In order to use these recruits with confidence, Chen Yingliang had to break up the old and new teams and reorganize them, and then ran to the ranks of the new army to say nonsense such as loyalty to the army, patriotism and love for the people, pointed out that the fundamental reason for the weak combat effectiveness of the people's army was the lack of organization, emphasized the importance of organizational discipline, and then spent painstaking efforts to train these new army teams, and also let Yun Da Shaoqing visit and learn his own training methods by the way, and was very busy.

At the same time, Du Fuwei's team, which had escaped from the county, also determined the trend, and in the case of the betrayal of the friendly army, Du Fuwei, who was greatly injured, no longer had the courage to turn around and come back to take revenge, and chose to return to Xiapi by leaving the old road - Chen Yingliang estimated that it should be difficult for Du Fuwei to break through the Huai River defense line of the Sui army with his own strength, and at the same time, the fierce man Wang Shichong also got the approval from Emperor Yang of Sui and was recruiting troops and horses in the Huainan area, and it was likely to encounter hard bones again when going south, so Du Fuwei chose to return to Xiapi, plans to fish in the troubled waters of the East China Sea in the chaotic Xiapi East China Sea, looking for an opportunity to make a comeback.

As long as Du Fuwei doesn't come to Qian County again, it doesn't matter if he goes there, it's just Chen Yingliang's that is just guarding Qian County, Chen Yingliang naturally doesn't need to worry about Du Fuwei's next step to create trouble for the unlucky county, Chen Yingliang's only concern at present is that the secret spy eye line in charge of the eldest grandson Wuji found that the future cannibal demon Zhu Cang has been fighting with Yun Da Shaoqing in the past few days, and it is very likely that he will hook up and commit adultery under his nose, how to deal with Zhu Cang's huge hidden danger, but it has become Chen Yingliang's biggest thorny problem at present.

No, on the morning of the seventh day after the end of the war, after all the aftermath matters had been dealt with, the eldest grandson Wuji once again sneaked in front of Chen Yingliang, and made a sneaky report: "Brother, we arranged for Zhu Cang's eyeliner to report, saying that Yun Dingxing held a banquet in the post house last night and invited Zhu Cang alone, and the two didn't know what to say during the banquet, but when our eyeliner accompanied Zhu Cang to say goodbye, we heard Yun Dingxing say a word to Zhu Cang - rest assured, everything is wrapped in the old man, Ying Liang is the nephew of the old man, and the old man asks him for someone, and he will not give the old man face. ”

Chen Yingliang, who was acting for the official document, stopped the brush, his face became a little ugly, and the eldest grandson Wuji said again: "Brother, listening to Yun Dingxing's tone, the younger brother suspects that this old shameless man may want to take Zhu Cang away, and maybe he will ask you for someone soon, how to deal with this Zhu Cang, brother had better take precautions and make plans early." ”

Chen Yingliang is also suspicious, because Zhu Cang is actually outstanding, both military and intellectual, this time the Yongcheng Battle is extraordinary, brave, resourceful and responsible, it is not an exaggeration to list him as the first merit, the brainy Yun Da Shaoqing is about to be promoted to the general of the left imperial guard, it is not surprising that he is eyeing Zhu Cang, an outstanding talent, and he has never promised Zhu Cang any position, Zhu Cang is hopeless, and it is natural for Zhu Cang to be in trouble with Yun Da Shaoqing's wolf bèi. After considering these circumstances, Chen Yingliang asked the eldest grandson Wuji: "Then in your opinion, how should we treat this Zhu Cang?" ”

"The younger brother thinks that he should do his best to keep it." The eldest grandson Wuji replied: "Like Ma Sanbao and Kan Liang, Zhu Cang is also a rare general, brave and resourceful, able to fight with his head, many places are still above Ma Sanbao and Kan Liang, if such a talent is taken away by Yun Dingxing, it is really a pity, the younger brother thinks that brother, it is best to arrange a formal and important position for Zhu Cang, so that he can stay under your command as a general, Yun Dingxing is there, just find an excuse to resign." ”

Of course, Chen Yingliang also knew that talents were rare, and he had considered taking risks to use Zhu Cang more than once, and by the way, he exercised his ability to control talents, but considering the thick backbone in the back of Zhu Can's head, as well as his inferior nature, Chen Yingliang gave up this plan every time. This time is no exception, after thinking about it for a while, Chen Yingliang shook his head and said, "Forget it, let's let him go, he was taken away by Yun Dingxing, and it also saved me a worry." ”

"Brother, are you really so willing?" The eldest grandson Wuji asked in amazement.

"It's false to say that you are willing to do it." Chen Yingliang replied calmly: "But I am reluctant to do it, first, I really don't like and don't worry about this Zhu Can, and secondly, it's too late to keep it now, Yun Dingxing is about to be promoted to the general of the Left Imperial Guard, and he has already promised Zhu Cang to take him away, I will forcibly leave Zhu Cang, it will only make Zhu Cang more dissatisfied and more unreliable, it is better to release people directly, leave a line of life, and meet in the future." ”

felt that Chen Yingliang's analysis was very reasonable, although the eldest grandson Wuji still felt a little pity, he did not insist on persuading Chen Yingliang to keep Zhu Cang, but nodded regretfully and said yes. But before the matter was over, Chen Yingliang said again: "However, we can't let him leave directly, we have to be a favor, and we have to find a thread to lead him, which may play a huge role in the future." Wuji, you go to meet Zhu Cang, let him come to me after training the army, I want to see him. The eldest grandson Wuji nodded, and led the order to go to the military camp outside the city to deliver a letter to Zhu Cang.

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Knowing Chen Yingliang's invitation, Zhu Cang was of course both proud and excited, but also a little regretful, proud and excited that Chen Yingliang, who had been quiet, finally noticed himself, and regretted that he had agreed to Yun Da Shaoqing's invitation, and was ready to leave Qian County to follow Yun Da Shaoqing, in the case of not daring to offend Yun Da Shaoqing, if Chen Yingliang had any official appointment, Zhu Cang really had to weigh the consequences before he dared to accept it, maybe he would fall into a dilemma and be forced to offend Chen Yingliang or one of Yun Da Shaoqing.

"If Chen Yingliang gives Lao Tzu a higher official position, Lao Tzu will stay, if it is the same level as Yun Dingxing's promise, then Lao Tzu will go with Yun Dingxing! When a Beijing official is promoted faster than a local official, Lao Tzu still understands this truth! ”

With this idea in mind, after the training ended that afternoon, Zhu Cang came to Tongshou Mansion to meet Chen Yingliang according to the order, Chen Yingliang also met him very cordially, and also set up a banquet to have dinner with Zhu Cang. When Zhu Cang, who finally got Chen Yingliang's attention, was secretly happy, Chen Yingliang suddenly said: "Zhu Bantou, this time our army won a great victory in the Yongcheng War, and you have made great contributions, but I have not appointed you a formal official position so far, you don't blame me for unfair rewards and punishments, right?" ”

"Humble that dare." Zhu Cang's mouth was like smeared with honey, and he said respectfully: "This Yongcheng victory, mainly because Chen Tongshou has a good plan, uses soldiers like a god, and has a clever plan to disrupt the enemy, so that our army can defeat the strong in one fell swoop, and the humble position is also stained in order to get away with meritorious service, after the war, Chen Tongshou also gave a rich reward to the humble position, how dare the humble position be greedy and insufficient?" ”

"It's good if you don't have it." Chen Yingliang nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile: "Zhu Bantou, do you want to know, why I have always refused to appoint you to a formal official position?" ”

"Please give me advice." Zhu Cang has long wondered about this question, and he will naturally refuse to miss the opportunity to understand the answer.

"There are two reasons." Chen Yingliang raised two fingers and said solemnly: "The first reason is because I want to leave my mark on you and let people know that you are my person." The second reason is that I want to give you a better future. ”

"What does Chen Tongshou mean by this, why can't he understand it?" Zhu Cang asked in surprise.

"Don't worry, I'll let you know." Chen Yingliang smiled and said: "Let's talk about the second reason first, in fact, I have already seen it, Zhu Bantou, you are outstanding, capable, he will become a great weapon one day, and his achievements will inevitably be above Ma Sanbao and Kan Liang, I feel that keeping you under my command is too condescending, and it will affect your career and future, so I plan to recommend you to other high-ranking officials and important ministers in the imperial court, so that they can promote you better and faster, and give you a better future." ”

After glancing at Zhu Cang, who looked a little incredulous, Chen Yingliang smiled again and said: "Originally, I planned to recommend you to Guanglu Doctor Pei Renji Pei's uncle, but now there is a better opportunity, my uncle Yun Dingxing Yun Shaoqing happened to come to Yongcheng, and he also happened to witness your invincibility on the battlefield, brave and good at fighting, and I appreciate you very much, so I want to officially recommend you to him tomorrow, and ask him to bring you back to Daxing and reuse you." ”

"So coincidentally?" Zhu Cang was overjoyed in his heart, but he said hypocritically: "Chen Tongshou, in fact, he only wants to serve under you, and he doesn't dare to covet him." ”

"Don't be so polite." Chen Yingliang said kindly: "Have you heard the story of Qin Xiang Li Si? When he was a small official, he saw the rats in the toilet frightened by people and dogs, and saw the rats in the granary eating smooth and slippery without being disturbed by people and dogs, from which he realized the truth that the environment determines fate, so he resolutely resigned from the post of a small official, and went to Xianyang to be Lu Buwei's doorman, and finally with his own talents, he finally became a generation of famous ministers, under one person, above ten thousand people! Therefore, if you stay under my command, it is very likely that you will be the county and county for the rest of your life, and if you come to the command of Yun Shaoqing and serve in Daxingdongdu, your future achievements will very likely be above me. ”

After looking at Zhu Cang with a complicated expression again, Chen Yingliang lowered his voice and said in a low voice: "Tell you a secret, my old uncle Yun Dingxing is about to be promoted again, and he still has to be promoted to the position of General of the Left Imperial Guard!" When you come to Yun Shaoqing's command, you not only have a future, but also have the opportunity to show your strength, you can't miss such an opportunity, and I can't let you miss it! ”

The brainy Yun Da Shaoqing didn't have such a big mouth as Chen Yingliang, and he talked about the news that he was about to be promoted and make a fortune everywhere, Zhu Cang didn't know about it, and when he heard Chen Yingliang suddenly mention it, Zhu Cang was of course overjoyed, and hurriedly saluted Chen Yingliang, and said excitedly: "Chen Tongshou is so kind to his humble position, and his humble position is broken bones, and it is difficult to repay the kindness of Lord Tongshou!" ”

"Hurry up, hurry up." Chen Yingliang hurriedly picked up Zhu Cang, and said in a low voice: "Zhu Bantou, when it comes to repayment, I don't dare to covet your repayment, I only have a small request for you." ”

"Please Chen Tongshou instructed, and go to the soup to fight the fire." Zhu Cang hurriedly replied.

"As I said just now, I didn't directly appoint you to an official position for two reasons, the second one I have already said, and now it's time to say the first." Holding Zhu Cang, Chen Yingliang lowered his voice and said: "I don't want people to think that you are my person, I just want to promote you through other channels, let you approach a person for me, associate with him as a third party, gain his trust, and tell me some important situations at a critical moment!" Or stab him in the back for me! ”

"It turned out that he wanted me to be a mole!" Zhu Cang's heart sank, and he hurriedly asked: "Dare me Chen Tongshou, who are you talking about?" ”

"Tang Guogong Li Yuan." Chen Yingliang was not vague, and said calmly: "The grievances between me and Li Yuan, presumably Ma Sanbao has already sued him, but in fact, what he knows is only some skins, and the real relationship between me and Li Yuan, after you get in touch with him, you can slowly understand." How about it, Zhu Bantou, can you help me with this? ”

"I am willing to serve Chen Tongshou, please rest assured, if the villain has the opportunity, he will definitely do his best to do this for the adult!" Zhu Cang didn't even blink his eyelids, and immediately agreed-as for what he thought in his heart, only Zhu Cang could know in his own heart.

"Then thank you Zhu Bantou." Chen Yingliang was overjoyed, and hurriedly thanked Zhu Cang for returning the salute, and whispered: "Remember two points, the first is that after you arrive in Daxing or Dongdu, you must publicize that I don't know your rewards and punishments, and you can even say that I am jealous and unwilling to let you go, so that people feel that you are full of resentment towards me, but don't let people know that you are recommended by me to Yun Shaoqing." Second, Li Yuan's son Li Shimin is his right-hand man, if you really can't get in touch with Li Yuan, it's the same if you make friends with this Li Shimin! You can get the same effect! Remember? ”

Zhu Cang nodded vigorously and replied solemnly, looking resolute. Chen Yingliang was overjoyed, and hurriedly patted Zhu Cang's shoulder and said with a smile: "Zhu Bantou, don't worry, after you officially join the office, I will use my strength to secretly take care of you, and try my best to smooth out the troubles that you will inevitably encounter in the officialdom." Also, after you leave Qian County with Yun Shaoqing, I will secretly take care of your parents and family, I will not let them suffer the slightest grievance, and I will often help them with money and food, you just have to rest assured that you can show your strength under Uncle Yun's command, and you don't have to worry about anything! ”

"Thank you Chen Tongshou, thank you." Zhu Cang thanked him again and again, but he snorted coldly in his heart, and said with a secret smile: "You want to use my parents and family as hostages to manipulate me? If you like it, you can take it, those two old immortals and that ugly woman were really slaughtered by you, I also saved two funeral expenses, and I can also take the opportunity to change a famous lady to be a daughter-in-law! ”

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After saying these words to Zhu Can, early the next morning, Chen Yingliang really proposed to give Zhu Cang to Yun Da Shaoqing in private, Yun Da Shaoqing, who was going to open his mouth, was overjoyed when he heard it, and quickly became hypocritically modest, saying that he was embarrassed to let Chen Yingliang cut his love, Chen Yingliang is tongue is lotus, saying that he was worried that after his uncle became the general of the Zuo Imperial Guard, there would be no reliable and capable people around him, and he would be bullied by Lao Qiuba's veteran Youzi, so he decided to filial piety to Zhu Cang, who could both fight and lead troops, to the old uncle, Yun Da Shaoqing was very happy after hearing it, After repeatedly thanking him, he unceremoniously accepted the precious gift of his little nephew.

The matter is not over, after Yun Da Shaoqing accepted Zhu Cang, Chen Yingliang made another request, that is, he hoped that Yun Da Shaoqing would take Miao Haichao away, Yun Da Shaoqing was shocked and asked why, Chen Yingliang finally told the truth, saying that Miao Haichao was the head of the big thief who raised the banner of righteousness in Xiapi, and he had registered the task in front of Emperor Yang of Sui, and if he left Miao Haichao in Qian County, he was afraid that he would bring trouble to himself and Miao Haichao - this is a fact and not an excuse. Therefore, after Chen Yingliang explained the situation to Miao Haichao, he wanted to beg Yun Da Shaoqing to bring Miao Haichao back to Emperor Yang of Sui, ask Emperor Yang of Sui to plead guilty, beg Emperor Yang of Sui to forgive Miao Haichao's previous sins, and also give him an official position as a commendation, setting an example of turning back to the shore.

Considering that Miao Haichao made a lot of contributions in this Yongcheng War, it was not a big problem to ask for pardon for him, and at the same time, he also knew that if Chen Yingliang dared to appoint Miao Haichao, a big thief who was registered in front of Emperor Yang of Sui, as an official and general, it would indeed cause a lot of trouble and suspicion, plus Chen Yingliang gave Yun Da Shaoqing a little credit in the report of victory this time, and after a little hesitation, Yun Da Shaoqing, who was soft-handed, nodded and agreed to Chen Yingliang's request, and promised that even if he asked Yuwen Shu to come forward, he would try his best to protect Miao Haichao. set an example for the court and Chen Yingliang to surrender.

After sincerely thanking Yun Da Shaoqing again, Chen Yingliang said to Yun Da Shaoqing again: "Uncle, after you ask for pardon for Miao Haichao, if you can get an official position for him again, you might as well let Miao Haichao also serve under your command, although Miao Haichao is not a fierce general, but he can govern the army, unite the army, and let the soldiers die for him, uncle, if you let him govern the army for you, I believe that there will be an absolutely reliable personal guard under your command, which can make you as stable as Mount Tai on the battlefield of thousands of troops and arrows, and you are safe and worry-free." ”

"The virtuous nephew is right." Yun Da Shaoqing nodded, and also agreed with Chen Yingliang's point of view, and said: "During the last battle of Yongcheng, the old man also saw with his own eyes, Miao Haichao's team was surrounded so strictly, and almost no one betrayed the enemy, and would rather die in battle than betray him, such a talent is worthy of my reuse." ”

Chen Yingliang agreed, but said in his heart: "Miao Haichao, Zhu Cang, I gave you the opportunity, and then it's up to you, I hope you don't let me down." Also, Li Er, I hope you don't disappoint me either, I remember that when you first debuted, your first official position was obtained by Yun Dingxing, an old shameless man, I hope this historical detail will not change. ”