"General Liu, wake up, wake up, wake up, it's time to get up and have dinner. After dinner, we have to rush to Hongnong. After a while, we have a good rest. Wake up and wake up."

"Shangshu Wei, it's time to get up. Please wake up. When you wake up, we have to rush to Hongnong! Shangshu Wei, Wei is left behind, it's time to get up. Please, it's time to get up."

"Brothers, it's time to get up! Get up! Get up and have dinner! After dinner, go to Hongnong, and have a good rest when you arrive at Hongnong!"

Similar shouts and urgings were rising one after another in the Cang City of Changpingcang. In order to wake up Liu Changgong's team as soon as possible, the service army and the defenders of Changpingcang were almost all out, urging the generals and soldiers of Liu Changgong's team to get up one by one, but what answered them was snoring one after another and a dreamy answer, "Don't eat anymore, let me sleep for a while." And General Liu Changgong's big feet, "Get out of your way! Let me sleep for a while!"

This time, we can't blame the Sui army for being too lazy. The key is that the Sui army soldiers under Liu Changgong were too tired. After turning around in the battle, Liu Changgong's team had completed 110 miles from Mianchi to Hangu Pass for about five hours, and then took on the ambush team. Then, they retreated from Hangu Pass to Changping Cang, twenty miles away overnight. After working hard, the spoiled Liu Changgong's team was already exhausted and fell asleep as if they had just lie down. After only two hours of rest, the soldiers of the serving army were able to wake them up immediately, which was strange.

Of course, Chen Yingliang understands this very well, but Chen Yingliang is more

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"Brother Liu, it's me." Chen Yingliang said quickly: "I can't wake you up, so I have no choice but to use such means to offend you. If you get to Hongnong, I will apologize to you."

Liu Changgong, who was soft-hearted and short-handed, followed Chen Yingliang's butt and picked countless cheap ones, was embarrassed to continue getting angry. He wiped the cold water on his face and yawned, saying, "It's Brother Yingliang, my own brother, why don't you apologize? When is the time now?"

"The first moment of Si is over." Chen Yingliang replied: "Brother Liu, you can't sleep anymore. Please order your team to get up. We have to rush to Hongnong. When we arrive at Hongnong, you will have a good rest."

"Shi Shi Chu?" Liu Changgong was so angry that he shivered and said with anger: "Brother Ying Liang, we have only been sleeping for two hours, and you forced us to get up? Do you know how many miles we ran yesterday?"

"Brother Liu, I know you are tired and you know you have worked hard." Chen Yingliang said helplessly: "But there is no way. The traitor team is close at hand. In order to survive, they will definitely rush to Guanzhong at all costs. If we want to stop Yang's rebels from entering the pass, we can only compete with them for speed and rush to Tongguan to reinforce and defend. So before we reach Tongguan, your team must hold on no matter how hard it is!"

After all, there was a military order. No matter how angry Liu Changgong was, he could only accept Chen Yingliang's request. He first poured water to wake up his personal soldiers, and then cursed his personal soldiers to urge the team to get up. He was forced to use water to splash whip to force the soldiers to get up. As a result, for a moment, the water was squirmed and blew up in the Cangcheng City of Changping Cang, and the complaints and screams of the Sui army soldiers also rose one after another. After nearly a quarter of an hour, he finally woke up all Liu Changgong's team to eat.

No one dared to splash water with Wei Xuan - not to mention his identity, just say that he was seventy-three years old and if he poured a scoop of cold water while he was sleeping, no one could guarantee the consequences. Fortunately, it was easy to deal with him alone. Just arrange a light carriage to carry him up, and thousands of troops on the road would not affect the speed.

After all these things, it was already three o'clock. Chen Yingliang, who had been delayed for an extra hour and a half, did not dare to neglect. He quickly bowed to the Shan County Magistrate Yao Yi and Changpingcang Guagu Xiu, the garrison guard of Changpingcang, and led the National Army and Liu Changgong's team to advance westward. Before leaving, Chen Yingliang naturally had to instruct Yao Yi and Dugu Xiu, who were quite happy to cooperate, to take care of it. Yao Yi and Dugu Xiu also told Chen Yingliang to take care of it. At the same time, he told Chen Yingliang that the rebels would not come to attack Shan County City and Changpingcang City. If the rebels dared to come, even if they were not strong enough, they would have to delay the main force of the rebels for more than one day, and to buy Chen Yingliang valuable time to reinforce Tongguan.

When leaving Changping Cang and heading west, the disadvantages of the Sui army's excessive physical energy consumption were fully exposed. Although Chen Yingliang and Liu Changgong repeatedly urged each other, the Sui army, which had too much physical energy consumption on the first day, could not raise the speed anyway. After walking for an hour, it took only 15 or 16 miles. Many soldiers still dozed off while walking. No matter how Chen Yingliang cheered up, it was useless. The Sui army still couldn't get up any faster, and there was a tendency to go slower and slower.

Seeing this, Chen Yingliang, who was worried that the rebels were rushing in front, was of course anxious. If it weren't for the fact that it was too harmful to morale, Chen Yingliang would have wanted to pick up the whip and suck people. However, Liu Changgong was not concerned about this and said yawning: "Brother Yingliang, don't be anxious. It's only more than 60 miles from Changping Warehouse to Hongnong. We will definitely be able to finish it before dark. Yang Xuangan's rebels are as tired as we are and will definitely not be able to speed up. Besides, we have not received a call from the rear yet.\

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"Brother Liu, I'm not forcing you, I have to be careful." Chen Yingliang said with a sad face: "Yang Xuangan has too many traitors. Once he catches up with us, he can immediately entangle us. At the same time, he divides his troops to detour and seize the narrow road from Hongnong to Tongguan in advance. If he succeeds, we will be done."

"But Yang's rebels have not caught up yet, right?" Liu Changgong yawned again and said lazily: "Don't be anxious, Yang's rebels dare to catch up. Brother, I'll fight with you this time. You charge in the battle, I'll fill you in the gaps and not give the rebels a chance to cross us. I'll do it, right?"

Chen Yingliang did not speak with a stern face, but just turned around to see the mountains and ridges on both sides of the road. To the north, there was the old Hanguguan Road in the Warring States Period. Although the road was abandoned for many years, the population of Guanzhong and the Central Plains has increased sharply over the years. As the demand for road traffic is increasing, the abandoned road has long been heavy and people are there, and no one can guarantee that the rebels will follow this old road to move westward. And deep in the Qinling veins to the south, there are countless remote mountain roads. Even the local snake Yang Zhiji dare not guarantee that he knows every remote road and cannot use so many troops to block every remote mountain range. If there are guides in the rebels who are familiar with the terrain, it is not impossible to take a trail over the Sui army and advance westward.

Considering these dangers, the worried Chen Yingliang inevitably hated the old stubborn Wei Xuan's stubbornness. If it weren't for his stubborn opinion, he insisted on blocking the main force of the rebels in Mianchi for the sake of face, why would these dangers be there? If Wei Xuan could give up the dangerous road of Wuhan and return to the safest line of Tongguan in advance, this narrow and long Wuhan Dao would definitely be the burial place of the main force of the rebels! But now, Chen Yingliang himself was a little confused about who Wuhan Dao would be.

The more worried he was, the more he was. Just after noon, when the exhausted Sui army finally crossed Taolin County and arrived at the Taolinsai area where An Lushan defeated Geshuhan, the Sui army suddenly became like thunder, and a large number of rebels chased after him. Seeing this, Chen Yingliang quickly ordered the service army to turn around and fight, and arranged for soldiers to quickly climb to the high ground, observe the enemy situation condescendingly, and beware of the rebels' troops to divide their troops forward. At the same time, Liu Changgong's team also stopped moving forward and turned around to cover the service army without long-range weapons with bows and arrows.

After all this was arranged, the rebel cavalry had already chased him nearby, and he had slammed the horse's head three hundred steps ahead of the Sui army and shouted loudly for the battle. Chen Yingliang naturally would not be angry by the enemy. He just calmly observed the enemy's situation and found that the number of rebel cavalry was about a thousand people. He didn't know that it was Yang Xuangan's brother who was commanding the army with the big banner of Yang. At the same time, the Sui soldiers who climbed up to the high ground also reported loudly that there was no infantry team behind the rebel cavalry. Chen Yingliang felt a little relieved and knew that just by serving the country, it was enough to deal with the rebel cavalry.

At this time, Wei Xuan's stubborn old man finally woke up and got out of the car and came to Chen Yingliang to observe the enemy situation together. Seeing that the rebel cavalry was just scolding and fighting, Wei Xuan couldn't help but be surprised and asked: "Since the rebel cavalry team has caught up with us, why don't they come to fight?"

"Because they don't want to fight, they just want to entangle us." Chen Yingliang replied: "If they entangle us, they can not only win the arrival of the main infantry force, but also cover their other teams to intersect and move forward, and circumvent the dangerous terrain in front of us, blocking our way forward."

"What should I do?" Wei Xuan asked again.

"The villain is trying to find a way." Chen Yingliang frowned and replied, "This is a very difficult tactic. If we turn around and kill, they will definitely turn around and run. If we ignore them, they will bite us, making us afraid to move forward at full speed and slow down our westward speed. If we move forward at full speed, they will rush up as soon as they have the chance and give us a few times. Don't ask for severe damage to us, just drag us down. In short, there are only sixteen words: the enemy advances and we retreat, the enemy stands and we disturb us, the enemy is tired, and we attack, and the enemy retreats and we chase."

"The enemy advances and retreats, the enemy stands and disturbs me, the enemy is tired, the enemy fights, the enemy retreats and chases me? There are such despicable tactics in this world?" Wei Xuan, who had never heard of these sixteen words, was a little stunned.

"There is only a distinction between high and low and clever tactics, and there is nothing despicable and noble." Chen Yingliang replied coldly: "If we were not in a hurry to reinforce Tongguan, give me enough time. I can use this tactic better than Yang's rebels, so that Yang's rebels can't walk thirty miles a day."

After saying coldly, Chen Yingliang had already come up with a solution. After whispering to Liu Changgong's ear and whispered a few words, Liu Changgong's eyes lit up immediately. He laughed and hurried to organize the team to act according to the plan. After waiting for a while, when Liu Changgong returned to Chen Yingliang's side and whispered that the arrangement had been made, Chen Yingliang ordered the two regiments of the National Army to charge and rush forward to fight the rebels. As a result, as Chen Yingliang expected, the National Army had just rushed to halfway, and the rebel cavalry had turned around and ran away, without giving the National Army to fight in close combat at all.

Chen Yingliang, who was mentally prepared for this situation, was certainly not surprised. He also decisively ordered the entire army to continue advancing westward and rushed to Hongnong to join Yang Zhiji. The order was conveyed, and Liu Changgong's team of course ran away without hesitation. Wei Xuan asked in surprise: "Where are the two regiments you sent to pursue? What should they do?"

"Please rest assured, Secretary Wei, I have explained that they will only chase three miles at most and will come back soon." Chen Yingliang replied calmly, and took Wei Xuan's reins and walked forward.

After walking two or three miles forward, the pursuing army of the country had indeed retreated. At the same time, what made Wei Xuan realize was that the Sui army that had been walking in front of him had urgently cut down some trees and piled them beside the road. When all the Sui army troops crossed this narrow area, the Sui army infantry immediately piled firewood on the road and set fire to light it. After the fire rose, the road was blocked. Seeing this scene, Wei Xuan was of course so smiling that he couldn't even close his mouth and praised repeatedly: "Wonderful thoughts, wonderful thoughts, and in a moment, you can come up with a clever plan to crack the harassment tactics of the robbers. It's amazing!"
Chapter completed!