Chapter 198: The sucker is not punished

The man in the brocade robe looked very miserable. The long-sleeved brocade robe had been stained with blood, his face was bloodless, and his expression was painful. A wound on his right shoulder was deep and boned. There were only two of his servants left. One of them was bleeding from his lower abdomen and his breath was dying. The other had several arrows inserted into his body, his eyes were cracked, his teeth were gritted, and he couldn't calm down.

Chen Ying touched his nose and smiled bitterly: "Don't cry for a while. Who are you? What's going on?"

The man in brocade robe stood up, but just as he wanted to move, he touched the wound, grinning in pain, and his whole face became ferocious: "General Chen, my husband Zheng Jian of Xingyang Zheng."

Chen Ying was stunned. He really didn't know who Zheng Jian was. But I think it should be the Zheng family in Xingyang. However, in Zheng Jian's introduction, Chen Ying already understood that Zheng Jian was really not young. He was Zheng Chen's clan brother, and the uncle of Zheng Jibo, the father of the Crown Princess Zheng Guanyin.

It just feels that Zheng Jian is too young. People who can be the grandparents of the Crown Princess look no bigger than Li Jiancheng. But I think this is normal. There is a situation where the grandfather and grandson are the same age in the big family.

"Come on, please stop the bleeding!"

Zhao Yuanqiao came in with the medicine box, and Chen Huairen frowned. Zheng Jian's injuries were not light. If there was any problem, some trouble would be inevitable. Chen Ying was also a person who was afraid of trouble. Chen Huairen pushed Zhao Yuanqiao away and came to treat Zheng Jian's wounds by himself. Of course, Zhao Yuanqiao was not idle either, and he also helped several servants to treat the wounds.

Chen Huairen took out a small porcelain bottle from the medicine box and carefully pulled out the cork stopper. A strong aroma of wine quickly spread throughout the tent.

Zheng Jian turned his head and saw a clear and transparent medicine liquid pouring into his wound. The aroma of wine was emitted by it. Can wine be used as medicine? He was surprised. A sharp pain came out of the wound and pierced into his nerves. He hummed and cold sweat came out.

Chen Ying quickly pressed and explained: "This is alcohol, you can explain it as the essence of the alcohol, which has a good anti-inflammatory effect. Using it to clean the wound can effectively disinfect it, prevent the wound from getting inflamed, and allow the wound to heal faster... Just bear it, just bear it."

Chen Huairen used Chen Ying's method to treat wounds with moldy artemisinin. However, Chen Ying had only a slight understanding of this principle. However, in the subsequent process, artemisinin was not effective in treating trauma. Almost one-third of the soldiers were infected. This was not a treatment for injuries. It was simply a fatal thing. If Chen Huairen had such a medical technique for treating injuries in later generations, he would probably be beaten to death when he went out.

Chen Ying quickly stopped the use of artemisinin, but there were many wounded soldiers and he had to stop treating it. Chen Ying thought about it and decided to purify alcohol. In this era, the alcohol content of alcohol was very low, which was about the same as that of beer in later generations. It was amazing at about ten degrees.

Fortunately, Chen Ying had accumulated distillation technology at this time. After all, he had tinplate in his hand and could process distillation vessels. However, alcohol was too consuming food. There were thirty jars of wine, nearly 300 kilograms, and in the end he only got less than 15 kilograms. Chen Ying also knew that these fifteen kilograms were not alcohol, but were similar to later generations of high-level liquor. At best, the alcohol content was similar to Yilite or a slutty donkey, about 65 degrees.

However, this is the best solution now.

Seeing that Chen Ying looked nervous and concerned, Zheng Jian couldn't help but feel moved and said with a smile: "Thank you General Chen for his rescue."

Chen Ying smiled and said, "You are the Zheng family, I am the disciple of the Eastern Palace, our Crown Princess is also the Zheng family. We are a family, and we can't stand by death and never save you... Where did you meet bandits? Which bandits hurt you all the way?"

Chen Ying said it nicely. In fact, he was also a person who could not get up early without profit. The Zheng family in Xingyang was a local tyrant in the Central Plains. After this battle, Li Shimin would definitely withdraw to Chang'an. But he had to stay in the Central Plains. After all, Chen Ying is now the strategic appeasement envoy of Henan Province, responsible for the land of one prefecture, twenty-nine prefectures, 126 counties in Henan Province (in fact, the territory is slightly larger than that in later Henan Province). No matter what political achievements Chen Ying thought of in the local tyrant, it was inseparable from the support of the Zheng family.

Speaking can divert Zheng Jian's attention and relieve the burning pain caused by alcohol cleaning the wound. Zheng Jian looked at Chen Ying's harmless look, without any doubt.

He shook his head and said, "Not a bandit!"

"Not a bandit?" Chen Ying was surprised: "Not a bandit, who could it be?"

The Zheng family in Xingyang is known as the seven sects and five hopes of the Northern Dynasties in the world, along with the Li clans of Longyou, the Li clans of Zhaojun, the Wang clans of Taiyuan, the Cui clans of Qinghe, the Cui clans of Boling, and the Lu clans of Fanyang. Not to mention ordinary people, even the emperors cannot offend them lightly. Li Shimin is powerful enough, but he was still angry and wanted to die in the process of fighting with the seven sects and five hope clans of the aristocratic clans, but he was helpless. The one who really made the aristocratic clans was Wu Zetian. She imitated Emperor Wu of Han and appointed cruel officials, and on the other hand, promoted the poor clans (the bachelor of the North Gate) to suppress the aristocratic clans.

Zheng Jian gritted his teeth and said, "Dou Jiande, this thief chief!"

At the end of the Sui Dynasty and the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the world had thirty-six rebellions against the kings, and 72 were dusty smoke. Dou Jiande was actually an alien. He was born in a poor family and was at most a small commoner landlord class. He had a peasant cunning style. He occupied Hebei, but the Hebei aristocratic clans were flirting with Li Yuan, but they did not accept his kindness. He thought that he was from Hebei, and Dou Jiande was embarrassed to act ruthlessly on them. As long as there was no trouble, everyone would be at peace.

After coming to Xingyang, something happened, which made Dou Jiande disgusted. A side general under Wang Xiaohu ran away when he entered and left Xingyang City and ran into an old farmer who could not avoid it. In order to buy people's hearts, Dou Jiande not only dealt with the side general in public, but also whipped the side general for twenty whips, which made the side general confused. For a time, Dou Jiande's reputation in Xingyang quickly spread.

Later, due to the Battle of Paomaling, hundreds of seriously injured soldiers in the Xia army, and they were unable to move, so they were placed nearby in a Zheng family farm in Sishui Town. Perhaps they had preconceived ideas. The Zheng family in Xingyang mistakenly believed that Dou Jiande was weak and could be bullied, and flatly refused Dou Jiande's request. The manager of the Zheng family's villa was probably kicked by a donkey. He even told the Xia soldiers arrogantly: "The Zheng family has money, but no one is too much. The Zheng family has food, and no one can be eaten by the Xia soldiers!"

That attitude was clearly not to give Dou Jiande face. Of course, Dou Jiande was also a good man, and he patiently asked to see the head of the Zheng family, but the head of the Zheng family did not even let Dou Jiande enter. Dou Jiande was very embarrassed. Wang Xiaohu was furious when he saw Dou Jiande being turned away.

Just as he led a group of soldiers into the Zheng Villa outside the city, he robbed the Zheng Villa completely. In fact, with the food from Liyangcang City, Dou Jiande's food was enough for soldiers to eat for 200 days, so he didn't have to lack food at all. Perhaps it was for the sake of breathing that Dou Jiande had accused Wang Xiaohu of what he did.

If there is a way of being in the best and having something to do, the lower part must follow it.

Wang Xiaohu stole a villa of Zheng. Except for Cao Zhan's troops who confronted Chen Ying in Paomaling, all the other generals joined the robbery.

Of course, the Zheng family had private soldiers, and the number was large. If they were all added together, there would be more than 20,000 troops and well-equipped. However, they were scattered in various fields, with only a few hundred people in the city, so they could not do anything to the Zheng army. Some farmers in the farm ordered resistance. As long as they saw the bloody Xia army soldiers, they would immediately be like injured beasts, and were crazy.

For a time, Zheng suffered heavy losses.

At this time, Zheng remembered to argue for Dou Jiande, but although Dou Jiande agreed well, there was no following.

The Zheng family was naturally unwilling to let go, but the power of the Zheng family was obviously not Dou Jiande's opponent. Zheng family's messengers have now risen everywhere to join forces with major clans. You should know that the seven sects and five hopes have always been in harmony with each other. Their five surnames and seven families can basically represent most of the aristocratic families in the world.

Chen Ying was originally very puzzled. Why was Dou Jiande defeated by Li Shimin? Although the Book of Tang records: "In May, Li Shimin thought the time was ripe and finally sent troops to fight Dou. The two sides arrived at the battlefield in the morning. The Xia army came all over the mountains and fields, while Li Shimin stood still. They fought until noon. The Xia army was already thirsty, hungry and tired. Li Shimin took the opportunity to attack fiercely and charged in person. At that time, Dou Jiande was summoning a gathering of ministers. Li Shimin's elite troops rushed straight to Dou Jiande's camp. Dou's civil officials immediately rushed to the camp, and the camp was in chaos, and the Dou army's command system was paralyzed. Although the Xia army soldiers fought hard, the command center was destroyed. Finally, they were defeated without support. As many as 50,000 were captured alone."

In history, Li Shimin had only more than 3,000 Xuanjia cavalry. In this time and space, Li Shimin's Xuanjia cavalry had nearly doubled, reaching more than 5,000. However, at this time, the Xuanjia cavalry was completely wiped out at Longmen Pass. Not to mention that the Xuanjia cavalry had been wiped out, even if it was not wiped out, Li Shimin would definitely not be able to destroy Dou Jiande's entire army in one battle. Although the Xuanjia cavalry was elite, if the formation was set up to attack, Chen Ying could lead the Hook and Scythe cavalry to destroy the Xuanjia cavalry in one battle. Of course, it would cost a very miserable price.

Dou Jiande's tens of thousands of troops were completely impossible to destroy the Xuan Armored Cavalry. Even Chen Ying led the Hook and Scythe Lancers, it could not be done. You should know that Dou Jiande's command was mostly infantry, and the impact of the hook and Scythe Lancers was actually more dangerous than attacking the cavalry formation. Once the infantry was in chaos, even if the horse was trampled, it would only take several miles to rush, and the impact of the war horse slowly disappeared, just like Zhu Can in the Battle of Beim, he fell into a muddy place and could not advance or retreat.

It is easy to lead Chen Ying to lead the 5,000 cavalry and lances to defeat Dou Jiande in one or two games, but it can be wiped out completely but cannot be done. However, history clearly records that Li Shimin destroyed tens of thousands of infantry and cavalry under Dou Jiande in one battle with more than 2,600 cavalry, and captured more than 50,000 people.

Now Chen Ying has understood what is going on. Because Dou Jiande offended the Zheng family of Xingyang and the Five Hopes, it is equivalent to offending the Shandong aristocratic group. Under the joint boycott of the entire Shandong aristocratic group, failure is inevitable.

Not to mention Dou Jiande's tens of thousands of troops, even more than one million troops were still defeated. During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Fu Jian, a Di tribe of the Northern Qin Dynasty, led an army of 1.17 million, with a joint camp of hundreds of miles, claiming to be able to throw whips and cut off the current. As a result, the army of 85,000 was beaten by Xie Xuan and Xie An's uncle and nephew, and the wind and cranes were all in the air.

History also does not record why Xie Xuan could defeat Fu Jian, but the truth is that Fu Jian invaded the south and destroyed the Eastern Jin Dynasty was not in line with the interests of the four major families of Jiangzuo and the four major families of northern overseas families. Yu Li joined forces to kill Fu Jian.

In terms of strength, the four major families of Jiangzuo and the four major families of northern overseas Chinese are far inferior to the Seven Sects and Five Hopes and the entire Shandong noble group. Once they make efforts, Dou Jiande will be defeated. Not to mention Dou Jiande, even Yang Guang was defeated by the entire aristocratic race in the world. Because Yang Guang opened the imperial examination and promoted the poor family, it was equivalent to breaking the survival land of the aristocratic families, and the world was in chaos.

Chen Ying raised his sword eyebrows: "Mr. Zheng, don't worry, I will keep you safe in my camp. Although Dou Jiande's army is huge, if he wants to break my camp, he still lacks the right teeth!"

Zheng Jian said: "General Chen doesn't know anything. Dou Jiande's thief chief was tyrannical, and the people and gentry in Henan have suffered for a long time. We are eager for the Tang Dynasty to restore Henan..."

The servant who was shot in the arrow said angrily: "They rushed in without asking the reason. When they saw the Zheng family's village formation, they killed people when they saw them, and robbed things when they saw them. They didn't even let go of the firewood in the kitchen in the mansion. They were completely a group of beasts!"

Now the Zheng family has suffered huge losses in Xingyang, with some money and food losses. This is all, but when the personal safety of the Zheng family's children is not guaranteed, they are scared. They are eager to find foreign aid. The seven sects and five hopes are too far away. The closest to Xingyang is Chen Ying and General Chen.

Chen Ying smiled bitterly and said, "Mr. Zheng doesn't know that although Chen can defend Hulao Pass, he only has enough to protect himself, but he is unable to attack! Take the initiative to attack and restore Xingyang. Although Chen is willing, he is powerless."

At this moment, Guo Luo took an urgent report and was about to speak. But when he saw Zheng Jian and others in the central army tent, he subconsciously closed his mouth. Guo Luo took the urgent report and handed it to Chen Ying.

Chen Ying took it and saw that it was a secret report sent by the Beiwei Army. Liu Tong found that the Xia army mobilized ships in Guanzhou (near Guancheng District, Zhengzhou today) and built a raft.

Just seeing this, Chen Ying knew that Dou Jiande was going to retreat. He wanted to retreat to Hebei and regain Xingyang. However, Zheng Jian was still giving Chen Ying a pillow.

The Zheng family wants people to be rich and money. As long as the Zheng family can restore its property in Xingyang, it will take up to two or three years to recover its vitality.

Zheng Jian said: "I wonder how many troops General Chen needs? Our Zheng family still has 20,000 young and strong children, who can be driven by General Chen!"

"Far from enough!" Chen Ying shook his head when he heard this.

Zheng Jian smiled and said, "Although the Zheng family has suffered heavy losses now, they can still give out 30,000 to 50,000 yuan to reward General Chen. I wonder... what does General Chen want?"

Not only was Zheng Jian chopped by Xia soldiers, but the key was that his most beloved concubine fell into the hands of Xia Jun Fan Yuan, and he didn't know his life or death. How could he not repay the hatred of love and hatred like this?

Seeing that Chen Ying seemed to be a little moved, Zheng Jian said again: "General Chen has any difficulties. If it is within the scope of our Zheng family's ability, we will agree!"

When Chen Ying heard this, he remained calm on the surface, but was ecstatic in his heart. Originally, Dou Jiande retreated, he wanted to fight Xingyang and gain greater military achievements. Although he did not need these military achievements, his brothers under his command needed them. Luo Shixin had just been granted a marquis and did not give Luo Shixin a duke or county duke. Chen Ying felt a little sorry for Luo Shixin. There were also Zhang Huaiwei, Zhang Shigui, Duan Zhixuan, etc. Their titles were too low and their official positions were too small, and there was still a lot of room for improvement.

"If you don't take advantage of it, you're a bastard!"

Chen Ying thought of this and smiled embarrassedly: "There are only more than 10,000 people under Chen's command. I believe Mr. Zheng has also heard that Chen is best at using cavalry, but in the battle in Luoyang, the cavalry under Chen's command was not much damaged, but there are only a few left in the war!"

"War Horse!" Zheng Jian fell into deep thought. Although Henan lacked war horses, as the number one tycoon in Henan, the Zheng family in Xingyang naturally had some war horses. Of course, there were not many, and they were definitely not as good as the Wang family in Taiyuan and the Li family in Longyou. Li Yuan raised an army, and the Li family in Longyou sent more than 60,000 war horses at one time. Although Zheng was far less generous than the Li family in Longyou, thousands of war horses could still be taken out.

Zheng Jianyao looked at Chen Ying: "I wonder how many general Chen lacks in war horses?"
Chapter completed!