Shibi Khan Ashina Jishi had actually heard of Chen Yingliang's name before the battle in Laoxian County, and also knew that Emperor Yang of Sui appointed Chen Yingliang as the commander of the Sui Army's Qinwang coalition army - Emperor Yang of Sui sent nine edicts with the same content with driftwood, four of which were washed to the bank by the river, and then found by the Turkic soldiers and sent to Shibi Khan, so Shibi Khan not only knew Chen Yingliang's name and identity, but also knew the captured civil and military officials of the Sui army, and had a certain understanding of Chen Yingliang.

Chen Yingliang's information learned from the mouth of the Sui army captives once made Shibi Khan laugh out loud, nineteen and a half years old, not even qualified to join the regular army of the Sui army, once so poor that the fiancée's family was forced to withdraw from the marriage, two years ago **** luck caught the end of the road Yang Xuangan, chose a cheap merit into the office, and then followed the famous general Zhang Xutuo everywhere to pick up cheap brush experience, and got the official position of an ambassador in the twelve counties of Henan Province, this time I don't know what **** luck I went, Emperor Yang of Sui, who was in the water in his head, was appointed as the commander of the Qinwang coalition army, and when he encountered such an opponent with no experience, no qualifications, no family background, and no age and knowledge, it was really difficult for Shibi Khan not to laugh.

The cruel fact soon made Shibi Khan laugh silently, less than two days after hearing the name of Chen Fuliang, who was responsible for intercepting the reinforcements of the Great Sui, the Laoxian Turks who were responsible for intercepting the reinforcements of the Great Sui were defeated, and the defeat was extremely miserable, the 50,000 Turkic army was broken by the Sui army of King Qin, and less than half of the army fled back to the Yanmen battlefield, losing all the grain and grass baggage, and also losing countless valuable war horses, and the reinforcements sent to reinforce the Cuixian partial division to prevent emergencies also suffered a lot of losses. Receiving this news, in addition to being extremely shocked, Shibi Khan also remembered the name of Chen Fuliang forever, and never forgot it again.

Extremely shocked at the same time, Shibi Khan naturally had to immediately summon Ashina who fled back from the wolf bèi in Laoxian County to understand the process of this fiasco, and the result was that Shibi Khan was surprised that although the Qinwang Sui army won by luck with a rainstorm, it was won when the number of troops was not as good as the Turkic army, and at the same time, Chen Yingliang's command and dispatch was quite orderly, even if it was a steady victory, he did not rashly launch a general attack, and he calmly left a very strong reserve to prevent any eventuality. This extinguished the Turks' last hope of counterattack. After grasping these circumstances, Shibi Khan suddenly felt that he could not understand Chen Yingliang more and more.

"Boy Chen Yingliang, did you win our Turkic army by luck? Or did you defeat our Turkic army by strength? ”

Shibi Khan couldn't understand Chen Yingliang's point the most, that is, in the battle of Laoxian, Chen Yingliang won with strength? Or did you get lucky to win by luck with a sudden rainstorm? Or is it both? When summoning his subordinate Ashina Cha to discuss the military situation, a group of generals in charge of Turkic military affairs and political affairs also had different opinions, some thought that the Sui army was won by luck, some thought that the Sui army should not be underestimated, and some thought that Chen Yingliang was not to be feared, and even more thought that we should be careful to beware of this Chen Yingliang, and how to deal with the Sui army's Qinwang coalition tactics were completely inconsistent.

The decision-making level of the Turkic army does not know the specific number of troops of the Great Sui Qinwang coalition army, and how many follow-up reinforcements there are, let alone the composition of the Sui army's Qinwang coalition army, how many cavalry and how many infantry, who has the highest combat effectiveness and who is the bottom, whether it is a plate of scattered sand, or a group of tigers and wolves? The intelligence of Chen Yingliang, the commander of the Sui army, is even more pitiful, and not even a Turkic has seen what Chen Yingliang looks like. Therefore, after discussion and discussion, Shibi Khan still made a relatively safe decision, temporarily stopped attacking Yanmen City, collected and mastered the specific situation of the alliance of King Qin of the Great Sui as much as possible, and then decided how to act.

The method of collecting and mastering the military intelligence of the Sui army is nothing more than sending more scouts to reconnoiter and spy on them, arresting and interrogating the prisoners of the Sui army, and at the same time, Ashina Simo, the only one in the Ashina family who has not been named a detective, put forward a very good idea, Jian Yì said: "Khan, we captured the 39 cities of Yanmen this time, and captured a lot of Central Plains soldiers and their families, why don't we pick a few out, promise to release their families and give them rewards, send them to blend into the Central Plains team, and spy on the internal situation of the Central Plains army for us." ”

"Clever plan, that's it." As soon as Shibi Khan heard the great joy, he immediately sent his cronies to act according to the opportunity, and arranged for some captured Sui troops to go south to spy on the Sui army.

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Diametrically opposed to the suspicious Turkic main battalion, the county side is already a cheer, the Sui army that was cowering in the area of Xinkou before the whole line to the north, according to Chen Yingliang's order to the north of the battalion to the north of the county, ready to launch the second phase of the war, was surrounded for nearly a month The Sui army in Laoxian County was also out of the cage under the leadership of Yang Xuan, the second son of Emperor Yang of Sui, and came to Chen Yingliang together to express his gratitude, Chen Yingliang was the civil and military officials who led the army of King Qin to greet Yang Jun in public and salute Yang Yingliang. respectfully invited Yang Jian into the Chinese army camp to set up a banquet for hospitality.

In fact, Chen Yingliang and Yang Xuan, the king of Qi, did not meet for the first time, when Emperor Yang of Sui returned to Luan Daxing, Chen Yingliang once visited Yang Jun in the Luan drive of Emperor Yang of Sui, at that time Yang Ying was quite affectionate to Chen Yingliang, who had just made great contributions to quelling Yang Xuangan's rebellion, and Chen Yingliang listened to Wei Xuanshao's warning of contact with the emperor's relatives, and knew that Yang Xuan was not the victor in history, and deliberately kept a certain distance from Yang Xuan, so he did not establish any friendship. And when they reunited again two years later, Yang Jun, who was quite ambitious, was of course more affectionate to Chen Yingliang, who was a young man, but Chen Yingliang under the melon field and Li was even more cautious and kept his distance more carefully, not daring to give the people next to him any chance to catch the handle.

The most typical example occurred in the banquet, in front of many civil and military officials, in order to show his attention and affection for Chen Yingliang, Yang Jun personally held a golden cup of wine in front of Chen Yingliang with the dignity of King Qi, and asked Chen Yingliang to drink it to express his gratitude to Chen Yingliang, but Chen Yingliang didn't even dare to touch the golden wine glass, so he waved his hand and refused, explaining: "His Royal Highness King Qi, it's not that the lower officials don't accept your reward, it's because the king of Qin has a big business, and the lower officials have been drinking for a while Therefore, please forgive your sins, and your wine must not be drunk. ”

"Yes, His Royal Highness the King of Qi also asks for forgiveness." Yuan Tiangang, who was in the limelight in the battle of Laoxian County, said: "Since receiving the edict of King Qin, Chen Dashuai has always been not drunk in order to avoid drinking and making mistakes, even if it is at the banquet, Chen Dashuai also uses water instead of wine, if His Royal Highness does not believe it, you can check the wine jug in front of Chen Dashuai, which is not filled with wine, but water." ”

A little surprised, he picked up Chen Yingliang's wine jug on the table, smelled it and found that it was indeed filled with water, Yang Jun laughed, and said: "No wonder my father wants to pass on the edict of driftwood and appoint Vice Chen as the commander-in-chief of King Qin's army, the marshal is really loyal, my Dasui royal family can have such a loyal and capable courtier as Chen Dashuai as the commander, why worry that the Turks are not broken, and the siege of Yanmen is incomprehensible?" Well, since Chen Dashuai doesn't drink, then the king is not reluctant, this cup of wine, this king drank it for you. ”

After that, Yang Jian really drank the wine that was given to Chen Yingliang, Chen Yingliang thanked him, Yang Ying returned to his seat with a smile, and then gave a look to Pei Cai, who was a confidant next to him, Pei Cai, who served as the secretary of the Qi Palace, immediately got up with a gift box, and said with a smile in front of Chen Yingliang: "Handsome, the lowly Pei Gai is also from the Wenxi Pei family, and ...... the same generation as your uncle Li Guogong." ”

Before Pei Gai's words were finished, Chen Yingliang, who was close to the thigh of the Pei family, had already stood up, bowed to Pei Gai, and called him uncle, Pei Gai smiled and said that he didn't dare to climb high, and then raised the gift box in his hand, and said with a smile: "Chen Dashuai, this little gift is a humble gift from some colleagues in the Qi Palace, and the purpose is very simple, that is, to express my admiration for you, please be sure to accept it, don't be polite." ”

Glancing at the gift box that was obviously a little dropped, and then glancing at Li Yuan, who was silently beside him, with the corner of his eye, Chen Yingliang said with a smile: "Uncle Pei, since this is a piece of kindness from you and the seniors of the Qi Palace, if the little nephew, the junior, does not accept it, it will be too disrespectful to you, and in this case, the little nephew can only be Uncle Xie's reward." ”

Yang Jun smiled, Pei Gai smiled even more happily, and hurriedly handed over the gift box, but Chen Yingliang refused to take it, but just said to Pei Gai: "Uncle, your reward for the little nephew accepts, but the little nephew is bold, and wants to ask the uncle to exchange this gift for money and food on behalf of the little nephew, and transfer it to the families of the soldiers and civilians of the Great Sui who sacrificed their lives to defend Lao County this time. How can we protect the safety of His Royal Highness King Qi? Therefore, the little nephew dared to ask his uncle to pass this gift to the families of these fallen soldiers, in order to express the little nephew's respect for them, and also to express the gratitude of the little nephew to their sworn protection of His Royal Highness King Qi. ”

Pei Gai and Yang Jun's smiles froze on their faces, while Li Yuan next to him was silent on his face, scolding in his heart, "Little slippery head, you are really cunning, and you don't leave the slightest handle to the old man!" ”

The excuse was not Chen Yingliang's kindness, Pei Cai had to take back the expensive gifts, but a group of cronies under Yang Yingliang still refused to give up, and under Yang Yingliang's hint, he brought up Chen Yingliang's family matter, and asked whether Chen Yingliang hired another good wife after being divorced by the Chai family? Then Qiao Ling, the number one henchman under Yang Xuan, couldn't wait to take the initiative to say that he had two daughters, one older and one younger, although they could not be compared with the ancient Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao, but they were also a little beautiful, so Chen Yingliang could choose one as his wife.

Another woman took the initiative to send it to the door, Chen Yingliang, who has been a magician since he ruined his distant niece on the bank of the Surabaya River, was very tempted, but unfortunately this time Chen Yingliang couldn't do it even if he wanted to accept a concubine regardless of suspicion, Qiao Lingze's words were not finished, and the eldest brother-in-law next to him, Sun Wuji, had already stood up, while introducing his identity, while explaining that Chen Yingliang had made a family appointment with his sister, which completely blocked the mouth of King Qi and his party, and also made Li Yuan, who was also at the banquet, look a little ugly- Yang Yin slapped his face in public, mentioning that Chen Yingliang was once divorced by Li Yuan's son-in-law's family, who hated the poor and loved the rich, which made it clear that Chen Yingliang was more important than Li Yuan, so how could our Ambassador Li not sulk?

Pull the relationship and make friends, money and beauties together, still can't make Chen Yingliang move closer, Yang Jun secretly hated Chen Fuliang's villain in his heart at the same time, he had to temporarily die to envelop Chen Yingliang's heart, change the goal to be hot and tired with other Qinwang officials, and the result has also received some results, many Qinwang Jun, who is not high-ranking in the civil and military ranks, in order to get promoted and make a fortune, but also in order to burn Yang Xuan, the second son of Emperor Yang of Sui, and talk very happily with the party of King Qi, and many people also called the officials of the Qi Wangfu brothers on the spot- Among them is Li Jing, who has been eating and drinking sand in Mayi County for 11 years.

There was also a trivial incident during the banquet, that is, the subordinates of the Yin Shishi suddenly reported that they found that Wang Renze, the general of the Jiang Duqin Wang Army, had violated military law and secretly possessed a purebred Ili horse (Kazakh horse) captured on the battlefield, and did not hand it over in accordance with military law, and asked Chen Yingliang to deal with it, but Chen Yingliang was not polite, let alone give the cousin of his wife in the middle of the house a little face, and let the military law team under the command of the Yin Shishi Shi beat Wang Renze with twenty military sticks on the spot, and then announced in public, saying that in view of Wang Renze's effective operation in the first day's blocking battle, After killing the enemy, he decided to reward Wang Renze with this good war horse to ride.

Chen Yingliang's punishment and reward for Wang Renze, of course, was exchanged for a full house of applause with clear rewards and punishments, and Wang Renze, whose buttocks was opened, was also coerced by his uncle Wang Shichong's eyes, and received the reward in frustration, and then limped back to the camp with the support of Chen Yingliang's own soldiers. And seeing the gentle smile that Wang Shichong obviously pretended, as well as the cruel resentment in Wang Renze's eyes, Li Yuan, who had already heard that Chen Yingliang had bought a ticket for Wang Shichong's daughter Wang Xueji after getting on the bus first, was even more overjoyed, and said secretly: "Very good, it seems that not only Yang Yong can use it, but this Wang Shichong family can also make great use of it!" ”

Even if he didn't drink, Chen Yingliang didn't dare to let the generals drink too much in his tent, the banquet only lasted for more than half an hour, Chen Yingliang ordered the banquet to be dispersed under the pretext of being a big business, although Yang Jun was still a little unsatisfied, the Sui army did not dare to disobey Chen Yingliang's military order, and honestly dismissed the banquet and returned to the camp to preside over the affairs of the camp. Yang Yong had no choice but to lead the civil and military officials of the Qi Palace's mansion to leave and return to the city to rest, and the Yin Shishi, who contained the evil intentions, took the opportunity to catch up with Yang Yong, while pulling the relationship and friendship, while taking the opportunity to insert eyeliner to Yang Jun's side, Li Yuan deliberately went out of the camp with Wang Shichong one after another, and then found an opportunity to chat on the road.

Soon, there were only some Qian Peng Wenwu officials left in Chen Yingliang's Chinese army tent, as well as Li Jing, the forgotten Mayi County, and it was at this time that Chen Yingliang lay on the handsome chair and breathed a long sigh of relief, and sighed: "Tired, more tired than fighting a decisive battle." Quickly withdraw the banquet and present the official documents, as well as our camp plan. ”

Everyone received the order, the three dogs led the soldiers to withdraw the banquet briskly, Wei Zheng and Yuan Tiangang hurriedly presented the mountains of official documents, as well as the plan of the new camp of the Sui army, Chen Yingliang looked at the official documents and maps, and asked: "On the Turkic side, have you found any changes?" ”

"Not yet." Yuan Tiangang replied: "In addition, up to now, the scouts we sent out have not reported that they have found that the Turks have attacked Yanmen City, it seems that our battle yesterday has achieved the desired results, and the Turks no longer dare to attack Yanmen City regardless of the full strength behind them." ”

"It's best to give me a little time to integrate the army, and also give our army a little time to recuperate." Chen Yingliang nodded with satisfaction, and hurriedly said: "Mr. Keshi, continue to keep an eye on the weather for me, and if there is good weather like yesterday, sue me immediately." ”

"Marshal, this humble position is going to disappoint you." Yuan Tiangang said with a wry smile: "Judging from the meteorological laws in this area of Yanmen, after yesterday's heavy rain, it is impossible to have any more rainy days in this area of Yanmen within ten days and half a month. ”

"No rain?" Chen Yingliang was a little disappointed, and then smiled confidently: "It's okay, if there is no rain, there will be no rain, our martyrs and famous generals of the Great Sui, there is no one who all relied on the rain to break the enemy, there is no ideal weather, I can still defeat the Turks." ”

"Well said, Dashuai really deserves to be the youngest general star in my Dasui, and he really has the demeanor of a famous general." Li Jing, who was so low-key that he was almost forgotten by everyone, suddenly spoke, and praised Chen Yingliang very respectfully, and then Li Jing said to Chen Yingliang: "Chen Dashuai, the Turks in Laoxian County have been broken by our army, and the main Turkic force outside Yanmen City has become a direct confrontation with us. ”

"How do we fight next, I don't know if Li Juncheng has any guidance?" Chen Yingliang asked rhetorically to the future Tang Dynasty military god.

"I don't dare to be a guide, but there are some of them." Li Jing replied with a smile, and said: "But the lower officials don't understand some of what the marshal thinks in his heart, and he doesn't dare to take the liberty of making suggestions. ”

"It's okay for Li Juncheng to be blunt, there is no need to be obscure." Chen Yingliang said.

"Then the lower official has to take the liberty of asking the marshal a question." Li Jing nodded, and asked very politely: "Before making a statement, the lower officials must first know that you just want to break the siege of Yanmen, Dashuai, and rescue His Majesty the Emperor?" Or do you want to relieve the siege of Yanmen, rescue the emperor and the civil and military officials of the Great Sui, and at the same time break the Turks, the icing on the cake? ”

After observing Li Jing's expression for a moment, Chen Yingliang smiled and said, "Li Juncheng is tempting me, who doesn't want to add icing on the cake and make the credit bigger?" What's more, a young and vigorous teenager like me, can I not have the heart of a great achievement? Please say it directly, if I only want the credit of Yanmen to break the siege, how should I act? If I want to break the siege of Yanmen and the icing on the cake to break the Turks, what should I do? ”

"If the marshal only wants the credit of breaking the siege of Yanmen, then it is very simple, just lead our Great Sui army to slowly go north." Li Jing replied calmly: "Xiaguan said to the marshal before that the Turks are most afraid of fighting with the Great Sui army, so as long as you lead the army of King Qin to the north slowly, travel thirty or forty miles a day, step by step, but the Turks have any opportunity to fight on a mobile basis, and when they encounter a Turkic attack, they will fight with elite troops, so within half a month, the Turks will inevitably retreat on their own." In this way, it is safe to win, there will be neither a big defeat nor a big chance of victory, the problem of rescuing the holy car is not big, the disadvantage is that the gain is not big, and it will also miss a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. ”

"What once-in-a-lifetime opportunity is you missing?" Chen Yingliang asked.

"Of course, it's an opportunity to break the Turks." Li Jing said calmly: "The Turks are afraid of fighting with our Great Sui army, but our Great Sui army is afraid of fighting with the Turkic army - Chen Dashuai, please pay attention to the Yanmen sand table made by his own hands, the Yanmen battlefield is surrounded by the Wutai Mountains and the Luliang Mountains, the Turkic army has almost no room for outflanking and detouring, the only open northeast direction, which is also located in the depths of the lofty mountains and mountains, is surrounded by several mountain ranges on three sides, like a heavenly prison, and the main Turkic force poured southward and stepped into this heavenly prison on its own. Wouldn't it be a pity if you still wanted to just force the Turks away? Missed too much? ”

Speaking of this slowly, Li Jing smiled again and said: "Chen Dashuai, the lower officials can assert that if I broke the Turkic generals before the Great Sui, such as Yang Su, Changsun Sheng, Dou Dingrong, Yin Shou and Shi Wansui, the famous generals of the Great Sui are reborn and are in your current position, then they will definitely cheer God bless the Great Sui, and then immediately try to temporarily stabilize the Turks, so that the main Turkic force will not escape from this Yanmen prison, and finally make a big blow to completely annihilate the main Turkic force in this prison, and fight the Yanmen border for decades of peace!" ”

The terrain around Yanmen has long been kept in mind by Chen Yingliang, the Yanmen battlefield is sandwiched by the three breads of the remaining veins of Taihang Mountain, only the terrain in the direction of Laoxian and Xinkou is open, like a prison, Chen Yingliang has also paid attention to this, but Chen Yingliang has taken this opportunity to annihilate the arrogant ambition of the main Turkic force in one fell swoop, Chen Yingliang really has not had it before. So after listening to Li Jing's hint, Chen Yingliang was shocked, but also inevitably a little tempted, after a little calculation, Chen Yingliang asked in a deep voice: "Is our strength enough now?" Don't you have the main Turkic force that can't be destroyed, but you have all your teeth broken? ”

"How is it not enough?" Li Jing said with a smile: "With the Jiangdu Qinwang army that rushed to the battlefield yesterday, our strength has reached 140,000, and the total strength of the Turks is not much different, among which there are quite a lot of elite divisions in a hundred battles, and there must be a steady stream of follow-up reinforcements coming, and there is still a need to be afraid that he is in an unfavorable terrain Turkic army?" ”

Chen Yingliang pinched his smooth pointed chin and calculated, and only after a moment did he say, "This matter is too big, let me think about it." ”

"Don't be afraid, it's a big matter, you have to think about it carefully, and the lower officials understand." Li Jing nodded, and then said: "However, Xiaguan still thinks that it would be a pity if Dashuai let this God-given opportunity slip away from his hands, so Xiaguan thinks that Dashuai, regardless of whether you adopt Xiaguan's plan to completely annihilate the Turks, you should take precautions and immediately start to lay out plans to temporarily stabilize the main Turkic force and prevent the Turks from breaking the siege and escaping from Yanmen Pass in advance." ”

"Li Juncheng, are you worried that the main Turkic force will flee early?" Chen Yingliang asked in surprise.

"How not to worry?" Li Jing replied: "The Turks were originally foreign barbarians who bullied the weak and feared the hard, and they dared to sneak attack the holy car only when our army was unprepared, and they were good at riding jets, how could they not worry about being trapped by our army in the Yanmen death place where the terrain was extremely unfavorable to them? Seeing that our Great Sui army was constantly going north to King Qin, and also broke their 50,000 Liao County partial divisions in one battle, how could the main Turkic force not have the intention of retreating in advance? ”

Chen Yingliang continued to calculate, and after a long time, he said: "Then how to stabilize the Turks?" ”

"Your age, as well as the various internal problems of our army, are the biggest bait to stabilize the Turks." Li Jing smiled and said: "If you can let the Turks know that you are young and talented, there are many internal problems, there are many contradictions, and even your handsome position is not very stable, so that the Turks think that yesterday's victory in Laoxian County is just because of your good luck, showing the enemy to be weak, then the Turks will not escape, and they will have the intention of swallowing our army in one bite." ”

Chen Yingliang pinched his chin for a long time, and then asked tentatively: "Li Juncheng, then how should I let the Turks know about these situations?" ”

"The handsome man is very resourceful, how can such a trivial matter be difficult to stop you? Why bother to ask for advice from the lower officials? Li Jing asked rhetorically, and smiled more mysteriously.