Chapter 228 Everyone in the world knows General Chen

Luokoucang is located on the Huangtu Ridge in Heluo Town, Gong County. It is located in hills and has a dangerous situation. The soil layer is hard and dry, and it is also convenient for water transportation. From the Luo River to the water, you can reach Luoyang, the eastern capital at that time, go up the Yellow River to Tongguan, Shaanxi and Chang'an, the Xijing at that time, and go down the water to Shandong to Haikou.

Liu Tong used special tactics and unexpectedly successfully occupied Luokou Cang, which was equivalent to putting a knife on Wang Shichong's waist and eyes. As early as the 13th year of Daye, Li Mi captured Luokou Cang and then built Xingluo City. The city was circumference of forty miles, becoming one of the super cities.

After Liu Tong occupied the Luokou Warehouse, he immediately counted and seized the grain. It was a pity that the world changed and time had changed. The Luokou Warehouse, which originally stored up to 24 million stones of grain during the Sui Dynasty, had already passed away. At this time, the grain had long been revealed. In the past, the three thousand grain cellars that could accommodate 8,000 stones of grain were basically no more grain. However, there were scattered grain on the ground in many grain cellars, and almost no grain cellar could be cleared out in three or five stones. More than 5,000 people were used to clean more than 100 grain cellars, and Liu Tong had only obtained more than 500 stones of grain.

Although these grains are a bit moldy and a little bitter, which affects the taste, it is also life-saving food for the poor people who are too poor to eat soil to satisfy their hunger. There is nothing to be picky about. However, after Liu Tong captured the Luokou Warehouse, Li Mi’s previous experience of opening the warehouse and releasing grain, the refugees around Gong County who could not survive and the common people who could not make a living came to join. In just one day, as many as 3,000 people came to join. As time goes by, this number will definitely increase exponentially.

However, Luokou Cang no longer had any food. Even if you went to clean the corners of the grain cellar, the food you got was not enough to be stuck in the teeth. Liu Tongyi, while cleaning the grain cellar with the elderly, weak, sick and disabled people in his life, was creating weapons, and at the same time he asked Chen Ying, who was in Yanshi.

However, Luokoucang is only more than fifty miles away from Yanshi. For the Beiwei Army messenger, this distance can be reached within three hours.

Chen Ying received an urgent letter from the Beiwei Army on a stormy night. However, when he saw Liu Tong's message asking for help, Chen Ying was overjoyed.

Even Guo Luo and Zhou Qing felt inexplicably strange. Chen Ying said to Guo Luo: "It seems that you can't sleep tonight!"

Guo Luo bowed and said, "Please give orders from the Lord!"

Chen Ying asked: "Go and notify Sun Jingchu and tell him that I want to use him now and let him drive all the canal ships he can collect to the Buddha Beach and stand by!"

Guo Luo said in surprise: "I have some impression of Sun Jingchu. He was originally the general governor of the tiger Yicong. He brought a group of brothers to Tongjiqu to make a living, as if he had also established a village in Xijiang Village in Chenliu."

The commander-in-chief was the leading officer in the Northern Zhou army system. It sounds quite a bit in fact. This official is very small, and it is the commander of the Tang Dynasty. Of course, the Northern Zhou is a strange thing in Chinese history. Although the prototype of the system of government troops was established, the name made people feel inexplicably strange. General Yuwen Tai of the Northern Zhou Dynasty led the army with great power, and the commander-in-chief of the six pillars was the six pillars, each leading one army, which was the six army. Under the six pillars, each had two generals, a total of twelve generals. Under each general, each had two Kaifu, a total of 24 Kaifu, which was twenty-four soldiers. Under each Kaifu, each had two Yitong, a total of 48 Yitong. Yitong was almost a thousand head, and it was also equivalent to the Yingyanglang general and the Zhechong Duwei during the Sui Dynasty. Each Yitong had five Grand Commanders (equivalent to a school lieutenant), each with two generals under each with two generals, and each with two generals under each with two generals under each.

After Chen Ying mastered the righteousness of the tiger, he immediately reissed the food and wages owed by Hou Mo Chen before. Sun Jingchu withdraws a total of 760 guan and 550 shi of grain. In this way, his command should not be less than 100 people, and there may be more.

When he discovered that Wang Shiyun and Chen were in Yanshi City, Chen Ying thought of attacking by water. Of course, the only disadvantage of this strategy is that Luokoucang guards the Caoyuan River channel, which is a river channel of only 40 meters wide, less than 100 meters. The defenders of Luokoucang City have a chance to guard the river channel on the shore.

Although Sun Jingchu had dozens of canal transport ships, they were all small boats of hundreds of stones. Even if they were transporting soldiers, there were only dozens or hundreds of people. It was not easy to break through Luokou Cang.

Chen Ying ordered Liu Tong and Xunxiang to wait for an opportunity to sneak into Luoyang and create chaos. Once Luoyang is in chaos, Wang Shichong's one-character snake formation will inevitably shake. If Wang Shichong transfers Wang Renze's command to return to Luoyang to pacify Liu Tong's subordinates, then Luo Shixin and Zhang Shigui's subordinates can take advantage of the opportunity to attack Wang Renze's subordinates, respond to the army under Li Yuanji and Qu Tutong, and break Wang Renze's siege. At that time, not only can Wang Shichong's siege against Li Yuanji and others, but it can also create greater pressure on Luoyang, and there may be hope of capturing Luoyang.

If Wang Shichong draws Wang Shiyun's troops back to Luoyang, Chen Ying can take the opportunity to break through Wang Shiyun's defense line and approach the city of Luoyang. However, although the plan is wonderful, it cannot keep up with the changes. Chen Ying ordered Liu Tong and Xun to wait for an opportunity to sneak into Luoyang. Who would have thought that they met an oppressed miner in the Songshan Mountains of Gong County. What Chen Ying did not expect was that Liu Tong actually led the miners to take down Luokou Cang in one fell swoop.

In this way, the obstacles to the river road blocking Chen Ying disappeared. Chen Ying could use the canal transport ships under Sun Jingchu's troops to transport troops from water to Luokoucang. In that case, Wang Shiyun would have no meaning to stay in Yanshi.

Chen Ying said: "There is a stronghold of Sun Jingchu on the Buddha Beach. When you arrive at the Buddha Beach, take my letter to them and connect them. They will naturally pass the message to Sun Jingchu."

Guo Luo nodded and said, "The Buddha Beach is not far away, so let's go now!"

Chen Ying looked at the rain curtain and smiled faintly: "Zhou Qing, go and inform General Feng and General Wei, and let them lead their respective troops and be ready to set off at any time!"

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In the Tang Army camp in Cijian, Qin Qiong rode on the horse, looked at the Zheng Army camp from afar, tightened the reins, and complained to Changsun Shunde: "General Changsun, Your Highness of Qin, please take people to the battlefield and keep the Zheng Army's front basin. You can make up for the troops I have lost in the future. I will pick one by one, and you are not allowed to fool me with blind and broken feet!"

Changsun Shunde really couldn't smile bitterly. Qin Qiong's worries were unreasonable. In this situation, he would never dare to do anything. Sure enough, as Qin Qiong entered the prepared suicide squad formation, more than 2,000 elite Guanzhong soldiers were already on the verge of battle. In order to draw these dead soldiers, Changsun Shunde took great pains. At this time, it was different from the past. He wanted the soldiers to fight to the death, but the price was not small. More than 2,000 Yunqiwei were sent out.

Yunqiwei was a seventh-rank official in the Tang Dynasty. Although he had no power or power, he represented his salary. He did not count as much as 85 cents per year, and he could be hereditary.

Qin Qiong was very satisfied with the troops assigned to him. At first glance, these soldiers and equipment were all good products produced by weapons supervisors. The soldiers were tall and big, and they were obviously not weak at first glance.

Changsun Shunde said: "General Qin, you also followed Wang Shichong back then. He is familiar with your tactics. Once you show your face, can Wang Shichong be afraid of you?"

Qin Qiong is not like Cheng Zhijie who has a tiger-back and a male waist, and has a thin face. If he takes off his armor, he will be no different from the most ordinary old farmer in Lianghuai, but his eyes are bright and energetic, and quite extraordinary.

Qin Qiong looked at the direction of the Zheng army camp in the rain and murmured: "I am not sure that Wang Shichong's eyes are so clear. He may not remember me. They relied on the large number of people and the rain is so heavy now that they are definitely not prepared. They are determined to be unprepared. If they cannot defeat the Zheng army camp, the Qin word from Qin will be written upside down after the Qin Dynasty."

Changsun Shunde said with a slight smile: "Then I wish General Qin good luck!"

The rain was getting heavier and the raincoat was not very effective. Qin Qiong untied the raincoat and let the heavy rain pour it on the armor and poured the lining soaked. The armor liner was tied to the body, which was very uncomfortable and inconvenient to walk. Qin Qiong asked the followers to go to Changsun Shunde to ask for two thousand sets of leather armor, and asked the armor soldiers who were stealing the camp to replace the armor and lining, and wear two layers of leather armor close to their bodies.

A raindrop leaked from the awning and fell on the blazing fire. In an instant, it turned into water vapor and disappeared. Qin Qiong walked into the tent of the Dead Soldiers, smelled the smell of meat, and said, "Scoop a bowl of meat for me,"

He didn't take chopsticks, nor did he fear that he would pick up two pieces of pieces with his fingers and throw them into his mouth. The oil was spilled. It was really enjoyable. He said to the dead soldiers in the tent, "If you break the enemy camp, follow me closely. I will take you to touch the camp and bring you back. A Yunqiwei is not enough to let the man lose his life there. When this battle is over, the general has requested a favor order to let you take off your armor and return to the field, take the Yunqiwei's honorary officer, and return to the village to find a wife to get married, and specialize in carrying watery people and thick waists. I will not use it to avenge you."

The soldiers burst into laughter.

These Guanzhong men are so generous, they don’t think it’s a big deal to go to steal the camp. A bearded man smiled and said, “At this time, an old man with thick waist and rough skin gave him a happy time, and stealing the camp is even more fuckingly!”

Qin Qiong said: "You are so fucking beautiful. There are no camp prostitutes in our camp. If there are really, I, Old Qin, will give up this old face to satisfy my brothers no matter what I say."

It was not long before Changsun Shunde sent all the leather armor to the Dead Warrior camp, and there were more than 2,000 brand new horizontal swords coming with the leather armor. These horizontal swords were slightly different from the standard horizontal swords. The horizontal swords in the hands of ordinary dead warriors were all shining with azure blue light. This was a horizontal sword made of high-carbon steel, while this batch of newly sent horizontal swords were shining with dark light. Even if they were taken under the flames, they might not be able to reflect.

Qin Qiong smiled and said, "This knife is so good, it's simply tailor-made for the stealing camp!"

Qin Qiong didn't know that these horizontal knives were actually not made by weapons supervisors, but high manganese steel horizontal knives produced by Chen Ying's workshop. The horizontal knives made of high-carbon steel are harder and sharper.

However, the heavens were really not good. The rain fell all night and there was no intention of stopping until dawn. Qin Qiong was still dawning, but the gathering drums came from the Zheng army camp.

Qin Qiong was also very surprised. Li Shimin quickly ordered Qin Qiong to be calm and send a scout to carefully detect the abnormal movements in the Zheng army camp.

In fact, Wang Shichong thought about it and said that Wang Shiyun was under too much pressure to resist Chen Ying and did not dare to move. Once Chen Ying was allowed to conquer Yanshi, Wang Shiyun had to retreat slowly and evacuate to Gong County, resisting step by step. At this time, there was no way to return to Gong County to quell the Liu Tong Rebellion.

As for Wang Renze's soldiers, they were already shaky and were even more unlikely to withdraw their troops. For the current plan, just draw 5,000 soldiers and led by Wang Shiwei to quell the rebellion in Gongxian.

Wang Shichong thought that there should be more than enough to quell the five thousand soldiers and horses of 5,000 riots. Wang Shichong had already made plans in his mind. As long as Wang Shiwei quelled the Gongxian Rebellion, he would hand over all the five thousand soldiers and horses and the captured riots to Wang Shiyun to strengthen the strength of the Yanshi defense line.

But Wang Shichong didn't know that in fact he no longer had the chance to go against the will of heaven.

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In ancient China, the suppression of business was very serious. Of course, except for the merchants who betrayed their faith and only saw the interests, the most important problem was that the working class was far more fierce than the peasant class. Especially the miners who came to join Liu Tong and Xunxiang's troops, there were not only kaolin, but also iron ore and copper mines in the Songshan Mountains. Although the number was not large, there were tens of thousands of miners who relied on the mountain to eat. Although most people still did not dare to rebel with Liu Tong, some came to join.

Although some of the weapons and equipment were seized, the gap was very large. Liu Tong asked the miners to melt the captured Zheng army armor and forge them all into spearheads. He installed the spearheads on the spearheads, which was a spearhead. As for archers, spears, cavalry and other garments, there were almost no one.

Liu Tong was also very easy to deal with. He directly appointed the brigade commander with one hundred people, more than three hundred people appointed the lieutenant, and more than five hundred people like Yang Dazhuang were appointed Deputy Chief Guo Yi, and the deputy chief Guo Yi was appointed as generals of the Beiwei Army. At this time, Liu Tong's entire army had more than seven thousand troops, but the cavalry was less than five hundred, and the archers were less than one thousand. The other more than four thousand were cheap spearmen.

Because these miners usually need to work collectively when mining mines, they have already developed a certain understanding in their daily lives. After half a day of simple training, the effect is even better than training farmers for more than ten days. At least they can follow the orders of their respective officers and move forward or backward, which is a bit like a little.

Hu Kui was already moving further and further on the road to rebellion. Hu Kui, who was originally very old, was actually less than forty years old. Looking at these miners holding spears and training in murderous thorns, he sighed: "With such a strong army in hand, it's okay to attack Luoyang!"

"Hmph!" Xunxiang shook his head and said, "Just they are too far apart, they can barely have some courage and discipline. In terms of combat skills and blood, it is not that I look down on them. I can break them with one regiment and one charge."

"Lao Xun, they are not elites under the general's command. You can't measure them by that standard!" Liu Tong smiled bitterly and said, "Looking at the world, are there any elite troops besides the general's command?"

Xunxiang nodded and sighed, "That's true!"

Hu Kui asked curiously: "General Liu, General Xun, the general you mentioned is..."

"Champion General Chen Ying!" Liu Tong and Xunxiang said almost in unison.

Liu Tong thought Hu Kui had never heard of Chen Ying's reputation, but looked at Hu Kui and suddenly realized: "The two generals turned out to be General Chen's troops. No wonder, no wonder..."

Xunxiang asked curiously: "Lao Hu, have you heard of General Chen's name?"

"It's not just heard of it, it's so thunderous!" Hu Kui said: "Ask them, who hasn't heard of General Chen's name?"

Who is Chen Ying? To be honest, no one doesn’t know.

Chen Ying's real reputation was not in the battle between Lizhou and Shizhou, but in Lingzhou, where he defeated the Turks. As early as the rise of the Turks as a popular person, he became the enemy of life and death. Because China was poisoned by the evil neighbors in the north, he was very vigilant about the nomadic peoples in the north. Especially in the late Sui Dynasty, Turkic cavalry raging in Hedong, Hebei, Hexi, Xihe and even Youzhou. In fact, as long as they were northerners, no one did not know the reputation of the Turks.

However, in just two years, the Turks actually calmed down, which made everyone feel uncomfortable. After inquiring, they realized that there was a general named Chen Ying in the Tang State who fought against the Turks four times and was afraid of the Turks.

Even Liu Tong did not expect that when Liu Tong publicly announced that the Beiwei Army was a unit under General Chen's command, not only did the soldiers' enthusiasm for training more high, but many clans and refugees flocked to Luokoucang. Even if Liu Tong released the news that Luokoucang had no food, these refugees still rushed to Luokoucang. For them, the name Chen Ying had an inexplicable magic that could make them feel at ease.
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