Two hundred and twentieth chapters show their feet
Asina Eliver's white-haired flag suddenly fell, and Chen Sangliang did not need to send forces to join the battlefield. The balanced situation in various local battlefields had collapsed on its own. The morale of the Turkic army was depressed. The generals were concerned about the safety of Asina Eliver and the survival of the flag formation. The soldiers looked around in panic, looking for a way to escape. They also hoped that the generals of the army would withdraw and escape as soon as possible. Many smart soldiers were already adjusting their direction and were ready to retreat quickly, and they had no intention of fighting.
In contrast to the Turkic army, when the Turkic flag disappeared, the Sui army was cheering and its morale was greatly boosted. It launched a counterattack without Chen Yingliang's order. It wielded fiercely that the Turks on the other side were so scared that they howled and ran away with their heads. Zhu Can's team, who was close to the brink of collapse, also took the opportunity to stabilize the position again and began to launch a counterattack under the leadership of Zhu Can. Zhu Can, who was extremely ambitious, once again led the way, and his spear danced like auspicious snow. He stabbed several Turkic soldiers in one breath. Miao Haichao also took advantage of the opportunity to meet with Zhu Can and joined forces to counterattack the enemy on the opposite side.
At the same time, Chen Yingliang ordered the general attack drum to be beaten, and the Sui army's full counterattack began. Li Yuan, Wang Shichong, Liu Jingye, Zhu Can, Miao Haichao's five troops turned into defense to attack, and violently attacked the enemy on the opposite side. Liu Changgong and Yun Dingxing also led an army to fight left and right, rushing to the two wings of the battlefield. The Turkic army, which lost its command, only supported it for a moment, collapsed on the whole line. The troops of the various routes rushed to turn around and fled north, and the fleeing soldiers and horses were once again covered.
Two open lands where Taihang remained veins were crossed, flags, weapons, armor and wounded horses were thrown everywhere. In order to escape faster and more conveniently, these barbarians from the grassland threw away almost all of their wounded companions without hesitation, and fled in a hurry on the bodies of their wounded soldiers. The Turkic positions cried and shook the sky, with unheard strange screams and begging for mercy, and calls for help one after another, but there was still no Turkic soldier general willing to pull his wounded companion.
Chen Yingliang also personally led the Qiao Peng Sui army to launch a pursuit, but like the last battle in Wan County, Chen Yingliang still asked his direct subordinate Qiao Peng Sui army to keep the formation and move north slowly. He would rather not capture than prevent it, and was ready to wipe the front army and clean up the funeral. It was precisely because of Chen Yingliang, a commander who knew the overall situation, that other Sui army teams were able to move forward with confidence and chase the Turkic army. Unfortunately, the Sui army was mainly infantry, but all the Turkic soldiers were cavalry, so no matter how much they chased and cut, they could not wipe out these collapsed Turkic soldiers. At most, they could only try their best to expand the results.
The Turkic camp responded very quickly. Before the Sui army chased the defeated Turkic army for ten miles, about 20,000 Turkic light cavalry rushed to the north. They formed formations on the official road to intercept the pursuers of the Sui army and covered the defeated soldiers to retreat to the camp. Many of the defeated Turkic soldiers who were blindly defeated tried to escape into their teams for protection, and they mercilessly shot them into hedgehogs with arrows and forced the defeated army to retreat to both wings. Seeing this, Chen Yingliang, who was not prepared for the decisive battle, also decisively ordered the gold to gather the team to preserve the existing results, and avoid further expansion of the war, resulting in the Sui army launching a comprehensive decisive battle with the Turks when they were not prepared.
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Slowly retreating to the gate of the camp, there was already a lot of laughter in the Sui army camp. When the Sui army retreated into the camp, the Yinshi Division who stayed behind the camp personally went out to welcome Chen Yingliang, killing Guo Feng, who was covered in blood, Pei Xingyan, Chen Ci and other generals couldn't wait to run to Chen Yingliang to pray for merit. Guo Feng also smiled and said to Chen Yingliang: "Chen Jishi, guess who we have caught for you?"
"Who did you catch?" Chen Yingliang was stunned, then showed a happy look and asked, "You captured the Turkic commander alive?"
"Chen Jishi, if you use your fire thunder bottle, you can't catch the Turkic general again, then you can't even skin us?" Chen Ci, who has always been relatively steady, had a rare smile on his face, and then quickly said: "Chen Jishi, it's not surprising that you can catch the Turkic general, but you will definitely not be able to guess who we catch the Turkic general when we catch the Turkic general."
"I smile so happily, I must be an important figure in the Turks." Chen Yingliang analyzed: "It is definitely impossible to be the Shibi thief chief. Could it be some important figure under the Shibi thief chief, such as his younger brother or something."
"The Grand Marshal is wise, and he can guess it right. Yes, he is a younger brother of the Shibi Thief." Yin Shishima laughed and said, "And he is the most important brother of the Shibi Thief, his second brother, Ashina Elliver."
"Asina Eliver?" Li Jing was shocked and exclaimed: "You have captured Asina Eliver, the second-person of the Turkic army, and you have captured the first heir of the Khan of the Shibi thief chief?"
Chen Yingliang was stunned, unable to believe that the luck of the service army was so good. He could catch the second person in the Turkic army at once. Yin Shishishi, Guo Feng and others laughed proudly, and immediately ordered Ashina Eliver to take out the prisoner. As a result, four white robes really pushed a strong Turkic man with disheveled hair and wanted to kneel in front of Chen Yingliang. The strong Turkic man insisted not to kneel down, shouting and didn't know what to say. Li Jing next to him quickly translated, "I am the younger brother of Shibi Khan, Duke Eliver. I asked for the treatment of prisoners of war. You cannot abuse me. I am the Duke of Turkic and have also been titled as your Central Plains Emperor."
The facts were in front of him, and it was difficult for Chen Yingliang to laugh. He hugged several beloved generals who had reported and thanked him loudly. Then Chen Yingliang immediately ordered the soldiers to take Ashina Eliver into the camp and keep him in his central army camp to take strict supervision, waiting for his own interrogation. The civil and military officials of the Sui army beside him were rushing to congratulate Chen Yingliang. Everyone was smiling happily, but Ambassador Li Yuan and Li's smile was a bit hypocritical, and he cursed in his heart, "Damn it, these madmen in filial robes are really lucky."
At the same time, Li Jing quietly came to Chen Yingliang's ear and whispered: "Master, if the subordinates expected it is not bad, Asina Smoo must have not known about Asina Eliver being captured by us before, otherwise, he would have tried to launch an attack to rescue Asina Eliver - under normal circumstances, Asina Smoo would not have a good life after returning to the camp."
Chen Yingliang nodded, thinking quickly how to make Shibi Khan Quk Zhongliang and disperse the morale of the Turkic army, and also noticed that Li Yuan, who had a hypocritical smile, was bowing to him. Chen Sangliang immediately smiled even more hypocritical, and hurriedly thanked humbly, and asked with a smile: "Ambassador Li, what is the gain today?"
"The last general is incompetent, and he has only beheaded more than 400 pieces, ranking last among the troops out of the camp." Li Yuan replied depressedly - he was indeed depressed, because the Taiyuan Sui army mainly fought with the Turks for long-range shooting, and even if the enemy was shot to death, he could not cut off his head and requested merit.
"It's okay, it's okay." Chen Yingliang smiled and comforted: "Today we are fighting a defeat. It's normal that our gains are not big. Next time I will give you a chance to show your strength and kill more enemies' heads to serve the country and make contributions."
Li Yuan thanked him in a depressed mood, but Yang Nan, the King of Qi on the other side, couldn't wait to stand up and questioned Li Yuan in front of him: "Ambassador Li, there is something strange. Why does the Turks seem to be focusing on other teams of our battle today, but they seem to be deliberately tolerant of your Taiyuan Army and intentionally not to fight you in close combat? I dare to ask Ambassador Li, what's the reason?"
Chen Yingliang didn't ask this question, but Yang Nan, who had reached an agreement with him secretly, questioned him in person. Li Yuan was shocked and turned his head quickly, but saw that Yang Nan's smile was a little gloomy and seemed to have bad intentions. Li Yuan was even more surprised and had to answer truthfully: "Report to Your Highness, King Qi, I also think this matter is a bit strange, but I don't know the reason."
"Ambassador Li really doesn't know?" Yang Nan smiled and turned to Chen Yingliang again and said, "Mr. Chen, since our loyal and brave soldiers of the Sui Dynasty captured all the Turkic generals, then I think that during the interrogation of prisoners of war, it is best to ask this question by the way to see why the Turks deliberately did not fight with Ambassador Li's army.
Chen Yingliang agreed with a smile on his face, and was scolding Yang Nan for being uncivilized and uneducated. Seeing that the Sui army had won a battle today, he couldn't help but snatch the power of the Sui army in Taiyuan. It was nothing to hand over the Taiyuan Sui army to His Royal Highness the King of Qi, but after handing over the military power, it was equivalent to abolishing the important support of the Taiyuan Sui army. Chen Yingliang, who is still in short supply, would certainly not be so stupid as to break his arm.
Chen Yingliang cursed in his heart, while Li Yuan was shocked and confused. He didn't understand why Yang Nan was suddenly targeting him, and he didn't understand why Yang Nan, who should have been eager to seize power, suddenly stood on Chen Yingliang's side. Unexplained, Li Yuan quickly looked for an opportunity to win over Li Jing, letting himself beside Chen Yingliang, the inside lineman, quickly finding an opportunity to talk to him separately, and understanding what happened between Chen Yingliang and Yang Nan. Li Jing understood and nodded slightly, cursed Yang Nan in his heart, deliberately provoking conflicts between Chen Li. Not only was he eager to seize the military power of Taiyuan, but he also had the vicious intention of pushing Chen Yingliang forward to be a villain.
While each had his own ulterior motives, the Sui army had also retreated to the camp one after another. Chen Yingliang, who was shouldering heavy responsibilities, dared not neglect, and quickly arranged a night watch mission in the central army's tent. At the same time, he handed over the task of dealing with the Turkic whistle cavalry to the Taiyuan Sui army, which had the largest number of cavalry, and asked Li Yuan to arrange two thousand cavalry to go out to the camp at night to sweep the Turkic whistle cavalry at night to attack the arrogance of the rampant Turkic whistle cavalry activities. After Li Yuan received the order, Chen Yingliang announced that the tent would be disbanded, and then he didn't even have time to take a sip of water, so he immediately began to interrogate Asina Eliver personally to learn more about the Turkic military information. Yang Nan also asked to accompany him for interrogation. Chen Yingliang gave face and did not refuse, so he asked him to stay and participate in the interrogation.
Chen Yingliang personally interrogated important prisoners. Li Jing, who was proficient in Turkic language, certainly had to stay in the central army's tent as a general interpreter. He could not find an opportunity to talk to Li Yuan alone. Li Yuan was a little dissatisfied but could not help but honestly arranged the cavalry to attack the Turkic cavalry outside the camp. After arranging this incident, Li Er suddenly came to Li Yuan's camp to pay homage. Li Yuan was overjoyed and met immediately. When the father and son met, Li Er was not polite and said to Li Yuan directly: "Father, the Turkic army deliberately did not attack your team today. The purpose should be two, one was to show kindness to you, and the other was to further distract your relationship with Chen Yingliang and expand internal conflicts in our army. I wonder if my father knew about this?"
Seeing Li Yuan nodding to show his understanding, Li Er then said: "So father, does Chen Yingliang have any statement about what happened today?"
"No." Li Yuan shook his head and said depressedly: "That little thief is very cunning. The Turks' subtle tricks can't be hidden from him, so he has no statement. But it's very strange that His Highness, King Qi, grabbed this and attacked me in public, making me a little unable to come to Taiwan."
"Your Highness of the King of Qi?" Li Er said in surprise: "Has he been targeting this king-supporting master for a long time? How could he attack you, my father?"
Li Yuan smiled bitterly and said that I didn't understand either. Then he roughly told his baby son what happened in front of the camp gate. Finally, Li Yuan said again: "I have already winked at Li Jing and asked him to find an opportunity to meet me as soon as possible to see if he understands this matter, and also to see if Chen Yingliang's little thief was doing something behind the scenes.
Li Er calculated that after a long time, Li Er whispered: "Father, I think if you want to thoroughly investigate whether Chen Yingliang is making a mistake behind this matter, it seems that you have found the wrong direction to investigate. It is true that Li Jing is the inside line we have placed next to Chen Yingliang's little thief, but he has been in Chen Yingliang's handsome account for too short. Chen Yingliang's little thief is famous for being cunning and vicious, and it is unlikely that Li Juncheng will participate in such a confidential matter."
"How to investigate thoroughly?" Li Yuan asked.
"You should attack the people around His Highness King Qi." Li Er suggested and said with a smile: "Your Highness King Qi's temper, father, you know. You can't hold a little shit in your stomach and have no scheming. If he had any collusion with Chen Yingliang in secret, he would definitely let his confidants know that the group of crooked jujubes around him are not reliable people. As long as we find a breakthrough, it is not difficult to know the behind-the-scenes activities between Chen Yingliang and His Highness King Qi."
"It's reasonable." Li Yuan nodded and asked again: "Who should I attack?"
"Pei Gai." Li Er said directly without blinking his eyelids: "Pei Gai is the record room of the Qi Palace. He is in charge of the confidential documents for His Highness King Qi. He can basically know what secrets His Highness King Qi has. And there is another convenient point when we start with him."
"What's the convenience?" Li Yuan asked again first, then immediately woke up and said hurriedly: "Let Lawyer Pei come forward to spy?" He laughed, his real name.)
"Yes, Lawyer Pei." Li Er nodded vigorously and whispered: "Pei Ji, Uncle Pei and Pei are both from Wenxi Pei family. Uncle Pei's precious son, Lawyer Pei and Pei are of the same clan and peer, and are also juniors of Pei. It is reasonable and legal to come forward to pay a visit to Pei. It is normal to have a few drinks with Pei. After getting Pei Ji drunk, wouldn't it be easy to talk to him?"
When Li Yuan heard this, he was overjoyed and quickly heard from Lawyer Pei, the son of Pei Ji, who was currently in the army, and assigned the task to him in person. Then he paid out his own pocket to take out valuable gifts and a jar of fine wine. He asked Lawyer Pei to take advantage of the opportunity when it was not dark and Yang Nan was still in the Central Military Camp to quickly go to Yang Nan's tent to meet Pei Ji, trying to cliché and spy on the real reason why Yang Nan turned against him. At the same time, to be on the safe side, Li Yuan also sent Hou Junji, who was versatile, to be an assistant to Lawyer Pei, to help Lawyer Pei drink wine and get the truth from Pei Ji's mouth.
As mentioned earlier, in order to appease the thorn of the King of Qi, Yang Nan, Chen Sangliang, asked Yang Nan to lead his army to act with the Taiyuan Sui Army. Yang Nan's camp was naturally set up in the camp of the Taiyuan Sui Army. As a result, this greatly facilitated the actions of Lawyer Pei and Hou Junji. At the same time, as Li Er said, he spared no effort to help King Yang Nan of Qi, Yang Nan, who was hated by Emperor Yang of Sui until he died, but did not win the throne of the crown prince. He was indeed an unreliable person. He was first coaxed by the precious gifts of his nephew, and then was drunk by the sweet words and good wine of Lawyer Pei and Hou Junji. It was just dark and he had already explained what happened to Li Yuan and Li Jing who paid homage to Yang Nan that night......
When Hou Junji and Lawyer Pei successfully completed the task and returned triumphantly, Li Er had already returned to the camp in Zuotunwei on duty, and Li Yuan met Lawyer Pei and Hou Junji alone. After listening to the report of Lawyer Pei and Hou Junji, Li Yuan was stunned at first, and then screamed, "How is it possible? I just left the night before yesterday, when Li Jing went to see His Highness the King of Qi and instigated His Highness the King of Qi to seize my military power? Why has Li Jing not reported to me such a major event?"
Of course, Hou Junji and Lawyer Pei could not answer Li Yuan's question, but at this moment, a personal soldier suddenly came to report to him outside the tent, saying that it was Li Jing, the governor of Mayi County, who asked for a meeting. Li Yuan was furious when he heard the news and slapped the table and shouted: "Call him in."
The personal soldiers agreed, and just as they were about to turn around, Li Yuan suddenly changed his mind and said, "Please invite him in, you must be respectful."
Chapter completed!