Chapter 180: Silence is better than sound at this time

Chen Ying ignored Luoyang City, and did not care about how the Zheng army in Luoyang City responded. If they dared to attack, Chen Ying would not mind giving Zheng Jun a look. This was not Chen Ying's blind confidence, but because he had the confidence and strength.

The troops under Chen Ying's command slowly advanced along the muddy official road. It seemed that there was no stance to attack Luoyang. Wang Shichong looked at Chen Ying's army's back as he walked away and breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's so dangerous. We haven't come out of the shadow of great defeat. Once a fierce battle breaks out, the consequences are really unimaginable!" Wang Shiyun said with lingering fear: "Why is Chen Ying going east with so many men?"

"There is only one possibility!" Wang Shichong said frowningly: "Li Shimin must have received the news that the Xia army advanced westward!"

Wang Xuanying said angrily: "What a pity. If Li Shimin got this news a few days later, Li Shimin would definitely be caught off guard!"

Wang Shichong looked at Wang Xuanying and was really speechless.

Wang Shiyun bowed to Wang Xuanying and explained: "Your Highness the Crown Prince doesn't know anything. King Xia led 200,000 elite troops to advance westward. The great country camped for dozens of miles, and its momentum was earth-shaking. It would be impossible to hide it from the suspicion and fine works of the Tang Kingdom."

Wang Xuanying suddenly realized: "So that's it, I'm taught me!"

"I'm so sorry!" Wang Shichong said impatiently: "I don't know where you have read all the books in this year of study. Have you read them all on dogs?"

Wang Xuanying said aggrievedly: "Father, my son is the crown prince of the Great Zheng State. You have some face for me!"

"Face, do you still know about face?" After hearing this, Wang Shichong was so angry that he cursed: "The pig is better than you..."

As soon as he said that, Wang Shichong realized that he was scolding Wang Xuanying and also scolding himself.

Wang Shiyun said, "Your Majesty, this is not an opportunity!"

"Oh!" Wang Shichong was interrupted by Wang Shiyun and immediately ignored Wang Xuanying. Wang Shichong looked at Wang Shiyun and said, "What opportunity?"

"Facts have long proved that Li Shimin's children are not worth worrying about. The only thing that is worried about in the Tang camp is Chen Ying'er. Now Chen Ying'er must go to Arc destiny or Hulao Pass to block the Xia army!" Wang Shiyun smiled leisurely and said: "Now, Li Shimin's children are only tens of thousands of elderly, weak and disabled. What else can he fight with us?"

When Wang Shichong heard this, he was overjoyed: "Walk back to the palace, let's discuss the affairs..."

Just as Wang Shichong and Wang Shiyun and others were discussing how to deal with Li Shimin, Chen Ying led the vanguard troops to march in a mighty manner. As soon as he left Luoyang territory, Chen Ying entered the four-wheeled carriage.

Since coming to Longmen to rescue Li Shimin, Chen Ying has been exhausted in fighting for the past few days. With a soft pillow and a fox fur, Chen Ying quickly fell asleep.

I don’t know how long Chen Ying had slept, but Chen Ying was suddenly awakened by a burst of heart-wrenching cry. Chen Ying quickly got up, lifted the curtain of the car, and rushed out of the car and asked, “What’s going on ahead?”

Asanasmotzed came on his horse, and he turned over and got off the horse and jumped into the carriage neatly: "Report to the Lord, there are a group of people who are fleeing in front of him."

Chen Ying stepped off the carriage and saw a large number of ordinary people who helped the elderly and children, and they carried their families from east to west.

In ancient times, refugees were early warning signals for enemy attacks. Refugees could always take the enemy's lead into their own defense line. Chen Ying frowned and said, "Where is it now?"

Asunasmo pointed his hand to the east and said, "This place is thirty miles away from Yanshi?"

Chen Ying was slightly stunned and said, "Dou Jiande's army is coming so fast?"

Looking at these common people, they must be frightened. They all ran away with no life. The children could not find their parents, the mother could not find their children, the elderly were helpless and cried all the way.

Chen Ying was shocked: "Is Yanshi already lost?"

Chen Ying hurried to an old man, and Chen Ying bowed and said, "Old man, where did you come from?"

When the old man saw Chen Ying wearing armor and walking under the guard of a soldier like a wolf or a tiger, he had never seen much of the world, but when he saw Chen Ying's appearance, he knew that Chen Ying's identity was extraordinary.

The old man said timidly: "We come from Yanshi..."

"What's going on in Yanshi?"

The old man trembled for a long time and then he used Henan dialect to explain the causes and consequences clearly. Because the Tang Dynasty had twists and turns in this war, especially with Li Shimin's defeat, the officials of prefectures and counties surrendered and rebelled again. Yanshi County Magistrate Fang Xinbo had just surrendered to the Tang Dynasty. Later, he heard that the Tang Dynasty was defeated, and he was unwilling to be a villain who was fickle in Qin and Chu, so he found a rope to hang himself in the county government.

Due to the death of this county magistrate, all the yamen runners and county magistrates abandoned their posts and fled. In a short period of time, Yanshi County became anarchic. Just now, some gangsters began to rob the weak. Slowly, these bad cases spread rapidly like plague, forming a chain reaction.

Yanshi City has become a sea of ​​fire, dozens of corpses lying on the streets, and the crying and screams of women are constantly heard in the alleys, as well as the crazy laughter of gangsters. Many gangsters are running around in various houses, searching for property, and people are constantly being killed, and the entire Yanshi City has become hell.

In order to escape, the people of Yanshi had to flee outside the city.

When Chen Ying heard this, he immediately ordered: "Asnasmo, lead the Rangers to advance lightly and control Yanshi County. If there is resistance and riot, kill them without any hesitation."

The army under Chen Ying was full of guns and was full of mighty power. When these people saw a large-scale army appear, their crying came to an abrupt end. All the refugees were staring blankly at the army driving over.

At the end of the Sui Dynasty and the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, I didn’t even think about how good the military discipline of the army would be. In fact, in many cases, the army was worse than the bandits. However, they could not believe their eyes when they looked at these armies without any offense.

They flashed to the roadside in panic, and a beautiful woman hid in the crowd like an ostrich. Experience told them that officers and soldiers are not much better than bandits, and they are even more abominable than bandits. They will suffer if they are not careful!

Fortunately, the officers and soldiers pulled themselves into three columns, walking forward in a mighty manner, holding their heads and chests up, without looking squinting. They saw the black boots lifted up and fell down at the same time, and stepped at a strange rhythm. The entire army was as neatly as marching between two straight ropes.

This silence makes people feel at ease. After the troops have passed by about half, the people are brave and talk about it: "Who is the soldier? The military discipline is so strict. None of them even speaks a word, even looks at us!"

A human who looked like a scholar said: "Duke Liang of the Tang Dynasty, champion general Chen!"

A man who looked like a squire smiled and said, "Don't you know? They are all soldiers of the champion general. General Chen, the champion general, is amazing. He led 4,000 troops in Lingzhou to chop tens of thousands of Turks, and was rewarded by Lord Li. They are all soldiers he trained!"

"The soldiers of the Li family in the Tang Dynasty?"

"yes?"

"I would have done it if every officer and soldier was like them! Do we still have to suffer so much if there were more troops with strict military disciplines?"

"I don't know if they can beat the bandits..."

"Nonsense, you can tell that they are a tiger and wolf army, and those mobs are not the opponent of General Chen. Haven't you seen how many General Chen has?"

Looking at these frightened people, Chen Ying sighed deeply.

Li Xiuning was not tired of riding a horse, but she really couldn't see these displaced people. Children cried and adults shouted. Her miserable look made Li Xiuning feel very sad.

In desperation, Li Xiuning just rode his horse to Chen Ying's carriage and boarded Chen Ying's four-wheeled carriage.

Chen Ying looked at Li Xiuning with joy and said, "Sanniang, are you tired? Come in and sit down quickly."

As he said that, Chen Ying stood up and moved away from the seat on the soft couch. Li Xiuning sat on the soft couch with fatigue.

Chen Ying hurriedly picked up the kettle and poured a cup of tea for Li Xiuning.

Li Xiuning shook her head.

Chen Ying looked at Li Xiuning's appearance and said with distress: "Sanniang, what's wrong with you? Where is it uncomfortable?"

Li Xiuning said: "In my heart...you say that when will the hard days of these people on the official road be the only one?"

Chen Ying sighed and said, "The peaks are like gathering, the waves are like anger. The mountains and rivers are like Tongguan Road. Looking at the western capital, hesitating, sad, where the Qin and Han dynasties pass by, the palaces have been made of earth, prosperous, the people suffer, the people suffer..."

"Promote the people's suffering, and destroy the people's suffering!" A blur appeared in Li Xiuning's eyes.

Chen Ying said: "The hard life of the people is almost over. When we finish this battle, they can live a good life!"

"Can you?" Li Xiuning felt very tired.

Chen Ying said: "I will definitely do it, believe me!"

Before he knew it, Chen Ying's hand tightly held Li Xiuning's hand. Li Xiuning's body softened and leaned gently on Chen Ying's shoulder.

At this moment, silence is better than sound.

...

Linlu Mountain in Xiangzhou connects Taihang in the south and Hengyue in the north. At this time, on a small mountain in Linlu Mountain, thick smoke rolled, and the shouts of killing were shocking.

A big bell of the Minister of the Hebei Daotai of the Tang Dynasty, hung weakly on the flagpole.

The Tang soldiers fell on the hillside, and the blood had dyed the rocks and soil red. The unrestrained and arrogant laughter of Yan and Zhao men came from the foot of the mountain. Prince Li Shentong, Yongkang, looked at the Xia army that was getting closer and closer at the foot of the mountain with a pale expression.

In fact, the rulers of the Tang Dynasty did not fail to consider the variables of Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande in the Eastern Expedition. After all, their lips were lost and their teeth were cold. If you put yourself in the shoes of others, you will know that Dou Jiande would definitely not sit idly by and watch Wang Shichong be destroyed, otherwise he would also cause a catastrophe. The unification of China is too deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. No matter which emperor it is, no one is willing to rule unless it is innately deficient.

In order to prevent Dou Jiande of the Xia Kingdom from interfering with the Tang Dynasty's strategic action of attacking Wang Shichong, Li Yuan ordered the Prince of Yongkang Li Shentong to be the General of the Right Guard and also serve as the ambassador of Shandong Dao. The Tang army was controlled by Li Shentong in the entire area east of the Taihang Mountains. In order to resist Dou Jiande, the Tang Dynasty also established the Hebei Xingtai after Li Shimin went to war, and Li Shentong was the Left Pushe, the Minister of Xingtai.

However, the difference between Li Shentong, the Secretary of Xingtai Zuo Pushe, and Qu Tutong, the Secretary of Xingtai Zuo Pushe, the Secretary of Xingtai, who had no top leader on the left Pushe, was nominally led by Li Shimin, the Secretary of Chang'an Provincial Secretary of Shangshu, which means that Li Shentong is the real top leader.

But what is very pitiful is that most of the Tang army under Li Shentong were adapted from the Shandong rebel army. Both equipment and morale were far from that of the Tang army in Guanzhong. When Dou Jiande's army arrived at the city of Xiangzhou (Yecheng), in just three days, the soldiers and horses under Li Shentong could not resist. In desperation, Li Shentong had to lead the remaining troops to break through.

He ran to Linlu Mountain in panic all day long, but the Xia army with a rainbow of morale surged up Linlu Mountain like a tide, with fire attacks, crossbow arrows, and tens of thousands of soldiers.

In fact, the gap in strength between the two sides is too big. Unless it is an elite force, there is no need to fight. Just looking at the foot of the mountain, the enemy is everywhere, and I have already been so scared that my hands and feet are weak.

Liu Jintang, the general of Xia Kingdom, looked at Da Tao with clear eyebrows but vicious eyes, and said, "It's all too hard. You must seize Li Shentong before His Majesty arrives."

The Xia army soldiers roared and gritted their teeth and climbed upwards. As the killing shouts got closer, Li Shentong seemed to be stupid and did not move.
Chapter completed!