Chapter 191 Reinforcements arrive at the drums gather together

"Lingzhou?" Chen Ying shook his head and said, "The Doctrine of the Mean says that there are nine classics for all countries in the world. One of them says: Softness is a faraway person. Since you have softness and distant guests, the four barbarians will naturally be grateful for their virtues and say that my holy emperor is in power. But do you believe this?"

Shan Xiongxin is the most knowledgeable person in Wagang Village except Li Mi, Wei Zheng and Xu Shiji. He has read "The Doctrine of the Mean" and understands the meaning. He shook his head and said, "The Hu people fear power but not virtue, and Xiong believes it or not."

"Yes!" Chen Ying nodded and said, "If you go to Lingzhou, you should first show your power to Yu Guni. If he can return to the wrong path, I will give him a chance to reform himself. If he is obsessed with it, then you don't need to be polite."

Shan Xiongxin nodded, hesitated for a moment, and thought for a while and said, "Just relying on Chen Jinyong's secret letter alone is probably not enough to convict Yu Guni, right? After Xiongxin went to Lingzhou, would he secretly find evidence of his rebellion?"

"No need!" Chen Ying shook his head and said, "I am not a judge, nor do I need him to convince me. I just need him to surrender. If he doesn't want to surrender, there is no need to stay."

"Not proper." Shan Xiong said: "Yu Guni has no rudeness. The so-called bad intentions are just our speculations and have not been confirmed. We suddenly attacked them, which is not right. In the future, they will promote the Lord's betrayal to the outside world, which is quite unfavorable to us. Besides, if he really wants to betray the Lord, he will definitely be strict in his defense, and I am afraid he will not be able to get it."

Chen Ying asked: "What should you do if you say?"

Shan Xiong said: "The Lord will write a letter to Yu Guni, saying that you need his support now and ask him to lead three thousand cavalry into the pass. If he has no intention of being unfair, he will naturally come without any defense. If he sends his generals or refuses, he is willing to rebel, so of course he doesn't have to be polite."

Chen Ying nodded and said, "That's good. I have no right to mobilize troops yet. Let me first communicate with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and ask him to help me get the clearance record."

Just as Chen Ying was about to write a letter to Li Jiancheng, a sudden light flashed in his head. Chuluo Khan Ashina Shiliphish should be dying. He vaguely remembered that Jie Li Khan Ashina Duo, who had forced Li Shimin to form a alliance under the city, should also take up the throne.

Although Chen Ying was not a historical expert, he did not remember when Ashina Shiliver died or how he died, but one thing can be known that during the reign of Chuluo Khan, the Eastern Turks were relatively restrained against the Tang Dynasty and did not break out in a battle of scattered the country. His political proposition was mainly to support the puppet regime. During the reign of Chuluo Khan, such as Liu Wuzhou, Liang Shidu, Li Gui, Yang Zhengdao, etc., restrained the Tang Dynasty.

However, as Ashina Duo ascended the throne of Khan, he immediately invaded Yanmen and successfully captured Su Gui, the Hanyang Gong of the Tang Dynasty, Zheng Yuanshu, the general of the Zuo Xiaogu, and Changsun Shunde. Since then, until the eve of the Xuanwu Gate Incident, Li Jiancheng was confined to the north and was ordered to block the Turkic army. Even Princess Pingyang died in battle during this period.

Now, although history has changed because of Chen Ying, the only thing that remains unchanged is that Jie Li Khan is extremely hating to the Tang Dynasty. He will definitely take advantage of the Tang Dynasty's main forces to fight with Wang Shichong and Dou Jian in the east and take the opportunity to go south.

Chen Ying immediately wrote on the paper: "Your Highness, I have recently heard that the Turkic Khan was critically ill, and I am afraid that he will be in the world for a long time. If the Turkic Khan positions alternate, it will definitely cause the Turkic strategic change in the Tang Dynasty. I must be careful of others. Please make a decision early. In addition, I have recently heard that the Lingwu General Yu Guni was in a place where Turkic envoys appeared, and I am worried that they would recur, so I asked him to lead his troops into the pass..."

Just before Chen Ying's secret letter was finished, the sound of war drums had already sounded. Guo Luo entered the tent and reported to Chen Ying: "The general Cao Zhan under Dou Jiande led more than 6,000 troops to fight!"

Chen Ying ordered without hesitation: "Order Mo Daojun to repel him!"

Finally, Chen Ying finished writing the secret letter, but before he could use the seal, he heard Guo Luo report again: "General, Cao Zhan's troops have retreated!"

Then Chen Ying gently handed the secret letter to Shan Xiongxin and said, "Take the secret letter directly to the Eastern Palace to meet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and then go through Chang'an to Lingzhou!"

Shan Xiongxin said: "Sure the order!"

Shan Xiongxin put away the secret letter and turned around and left.

"etc!"

Shan Xiongxin turned around and bowed and said, "What are the Lord's instructions?"

"Be careful!" Chen Ying said solemnly: "If anything is not violated, escort the Lord of Baicheng County into the pass!"

Shan Xiong felt warm in his confidence and turned around and left the tent.

Just then, footsteps sounded.

Li Xiuning came in slowly.

Chen Ying said happily: "Sanniang, why are you here?"

"Don't I come?" Li Xiuning looked at Chen Ying with a warm face and said, "Explain me carefully what happened to the Baicheng County Lord. I seem to have just heard of Baicheng..."

Chen Ying did not hide it and said directly: "There is news coming to Lingzhou. There is something wrong with Yusheshi. The Eastern Turks sent an envoy to lobby Yu Guni. I cannot guarantee that there will be no accident in Lingzhou. In any case, if things cannot be violated, I want him to transfer into the pass. After all, a county lord of the Tang Dynasty was robbed by the Turks, and the Tang Dynasty was also dull."

Li Xiuning looked at Chen Ying suspiciously and said suspiciously: "It's true, the conscience of heaven and earth. If I have a word of lie, I will ask thousands of arrows to penetrate my heart, it will not be good..."

Li Xiuning reached out to cover Chen Ying's mouth.

Chen Ying reached out to touch Li Xiuning's hand. However, before Chen Ying could take the next move, he heard the war drums outside the tent ringing again.

"Dongdongdongdong..."

The sound of war drums was even more urgent, and Chen Ying could hear that the number of people attacked by the Xia army this time should have exceeded 10,000.

Li Xiuning's face changed.

Chen Ying's face became even more gloomy. He cursed in his heart: "Damn Dou Jiande, can't you come later?"

Chen Ying and Li Xiuning came to the front battlefield together, but they saw dense Xia army soldiers setting up their formations, looking like a desperate attack, with archers in front, swords and shields in the back, and dozens of arrow towers slowly rising up.

Chen Ying did not dare to be careless and hurriedly ordered all the Mo Dao Army to wear armor to prepare for the war.

However, very unexpectedly, Cao Zhan's troops slowly completed the arrangement but delayed attacking. At this time, the two sides were in a stalemate at a distance of 500 steps.

Chen Ying did not kill the Modao Army soldiers to attack. After all, the distance of 500 steps is not less than the physical strength of the Modao Army soldiers wearing heavy armor. It is better to save the energy and cut off a few more people.

But after waiting for nearly half an hour, the Xia army soldiers still had no intention of attacking.

When Chen Ying looked at this scene, how could he not see Xia Jun’s real intention?

Almost in unison, Li Xiuning and Chen Ying said: "They are deliberately delaying time."

Chen Ying and Li Xiuning's eyes met in the air and looked at each other and smiled.

Chen Ying said: "I have to say that Cao Zhan is a smart man. If he doesn't take action, he will hit Mo Daojun's weakness as soon as he takes action."

The armor of the Modao Army soldiers is too heavy. Even if they are still wearing armor, it is also a burden for the soldiers themselves. There is definitely no big problem for the light infantry to stand for two hours, but if the Modao Army is wearing armor and standing for two hours, some people will probably not be able to hold on.

A look of worry appeared on Li Xiuning's face, and he looked at Chen Ying and said, "What should I do?"

"Hmph, Mo Daojun is not feeling well, they are not feeling well!" Chen Ying looked at the rumbling "Cao" flag, and a relaxed smile appeared on his face and said, "I ordered Mo Daojun to be on standby on the spot, and the others immediately retreated to the camp to rest."

Chen Ying's advantage is that this is not a flat ground, but a gentle slope. He can use eight or nine hundred Modao soldiers to defend this Paoma Ridge for half an hour. This time, the Modao soldiers will have enough time to deal with emergencies.

Sure enough, when Cao Zhan looked at the reduction of Mo Daojun by two-thirds, he felt a little anxious. He just ordered half of them to stay where they were and the others would rest.

Although Chen Ying could effectively avoid the problem of excessive physical energy consumption by the Modao Army soldiers, the Xia army also adopted the method of splitting troops to rest, which led to a stalemate between the two armies.

The army under Dou Jiande and Chen Ying were in Paomaling, either holding on to each other or having a small-scale conflict. It seemed that Dou Jiande was not ready to rescue Wang Shichong, and it seemed that Chen Ying had nowhere to talk to Dou Jiande's army.

However, whether it is Dou Jiande or Chen Ying, they are all accumulating strength and preparing to make a fatal blow to the other party. What Chen Ying is waiting for is the war horse sent by Chang'an. As long as the war horse arrives, the hook and sickle lances will go through three to five days of adaptive training, and Chen Ying will kick Dou Jiande a ten thousand horse camp without hesitation.

In fact, Dou Jiande was not idle either. He knew that swords and guns could not help Mo Daojun. He was preparing to build a large number of small trenchers, using this trencher that could be placed on a ox cart to give Chen Ying a scattered flower.

Judging from the strategic situation, the world at this time was a mess of chaotic chaotic teeth. Chen Ying led the left and right guards to lead the Mo Dao Army, the Beiwei Army and Dou Jiande were in stalemate, while Li Shimin was in Beim Mountain and stalemate with Wang Shichong. As for the Badong area, Li Xiaogong and Li Jing were also preparing for a fatal blow to Xiao Xian.

Just when Chen Ying and Dou Jiande's army were in Hulao Pass, Wang Renze, who was in Luoyang City, was quite anxious. He had prepared for five or six days to launch a raid on Hangu Pass at any time, but Wang Shichong had never given up his battle, which made Wang Renze very anxious.

Every day, he would send a large amount of scouts to reconnaissance the direction of Hangu Pass. However, without Wang Shichong's order, he could not mobilize the Heluo New Army except for his personal soldiers and scouts.

When Wang Renze couldn't bear it, he went to the palace to ask for a meeting with Wang Shichong.

Wang Shichong told Wang Renze in a simple and clear manner: "The time is not yet ripe!"

"When is the time to mature?" Wang Renze said anxiously: "Now Li Shimin is training soldiers in the Beimshan camp. In time, the remnants of the Tang army will recover. At that time, will it be even more difficult for us to fight?"

Wang Shichong said: "The only thing I am concerned about is Chen Ying. Chen Ying's troops and Dou Jiande's army are in the Hulao Pass. Once there is a change in Hangu Pass, Chen Ying's son will definitely return to help. Hulao Pass is only more than 200 miles away from Luoyang, and Chen Ying's troops can arrive in Luoyang in at most two days. At that time, he will follow the rules. Can you defend Hangu Pass?"

"This..." Hearing Chen Ying's name, Wang Renze subconsciously shrank his head back.

Wang Renze, the naughty child, has been psychologically shattered by Chen Ying.

Wang Shichong said: "Before Dou Jiande completely entangled Chen Ying's hands and feet, Hangu Pass cannot move for the time being!"

Wang Quanze asked again: "Then we just watch it like this?"

Wang Shichong said: "I was worried that the Tang Dynasty would put all the pressure on us, and Dou Jiande's army hid behind us and asked us to be the river pawns. But now Dou Jiande has arrived, only 200 miles away from Luoyang. Whether Dou Jiande wants to be a fisherman or a wall watcher, now since he has joined this game, he can only play it to the end. Now it is the time of spring farming. If Li Shimin has not achieved decisive results, he must retreat. Of course, it is not ruled out that Li Shimin would rather miss spring farming than fight with our Da Zheng to the end. But this possibility may not be very high. Therefore, it is our Da Zheng who holds the initiative."

The war is about economic, political and military strength. Wang Shichong is at a clear disadvantage, both military and economic strength.

"It's not easy for Dou Jiande to capture Hulao Pass. Chen Ying's troops are above us, and the Han people are good at guarding them. Now the outer eight passes have already occupied seven or eight..."

Before Wang Renze finished speaking, Wang Xuanying's voice came from outside: "Father, you're so happy, you're so happy. Tang Gou has reinforcements out of Hangu Pass in the city and reinforcements in Beim!"

Wang Shichong was a little suspicious of Wang Xuanying's brain circuit. If there were no reinforcements, he would not be sure of attacking the Beimeng camp. Now the Tang army came to reinforce again. What kind of happy event is this? When Wang Shichong heard this, he became angry: "The Tang army went out of Hangu Pass to reinforce Beimeng Mountain, and my general Zheng was attacked on both sides. What a great joy is this!"

"Father, I don't know anything. This Tang army..." Wang Xuanying's eyes turned quickly. Seeing Wang Renze present, he quickly stopped and approached Wang Shichong's ears. His voice was very low. No one could hear what he was saying. He only saw him muttering there constantly. The expression on Wang Shichong's face also changed like a lantern. First, he was angry, then shocked, and then confused, and finally turned into surprise. He grabbed Wang Xuanying's collar and roared: "Serious?"

"It's true, even if you give me ten courage..." Wang Xuanying smiled and said, "I don't dare to lie to my father!"

Wang Shichong took a deep breath and said, "This matter is of great importance. Send someone to keep an eye on this Tang army to death, and I will come later!"

Wang Shichong reached out and pointed at Wang Renze and said loudly: "The Heluo New Army, gather immediately and go to Beimeng immediately. You don't ask you to defeat Beimeng Tang Camp. Be sure to block Li Shimin's son in the camp and do not release one soldier."

Wang Renze was overjoyed and said, "The last general will receive the order!"

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Chapter completed!