Chapter 199: Promotion and wealth, but not getting out of here

"But now that Dou Jiande has many soldiers and a large number of generals, our Tang army has few soldiers, and he is also cautious about us. If we attack one of his battalions, the other battalions will inevitably rescue accordingly. Once the battle is in a stalemate, if Dou Jiande is surrounded by a large surface, we will be even more attacked by the enemy and die without a place to die!" Chen Ying sighed long, spread his hands, and said helplessly: "After thinking about it, there is no chance of victory. This general cannot take the lives of the soldiers."

Several injured Zheng family servants were disappointed when they heard this. One young family servant was even red in his eyes and was about to cry.

However, when Chen Ying's personal soldiers who were guarding the tent heard this, they were extremely moved.

Zheng Jian remained calm and as a family member. Although they were of noble origin, they also had the important task of revitalizing their family while enjoying wealth. They had to learn a lot since childhood, and of course they had a broader understanding and vision. Although Chen Ying did not directly say how many war horses he could not beat Dou Jiande, he kept saying that he could not beat Dou Jiande. Judging from his meaning, it was not that he could not win, but that he wanted benefits.

Zheng Jian had heard of Chen Ying for a long time. A fierce man who dared to lead 4,800 squadrons and cavalry to directly attack Chuluo Khan, and a powerful general who led more than 1,500 cavalry to attack Shibi Khan would be afraid of Dou Jiande? Although Dou Jiande had tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, he encountered tens of thousands of Turkic cavalry, he probably had to defend himself.

However, Chen Ying said this, there is only one possibility. Chen Ying wanted benefits, a huge benefit. In Chen Ying's opinion, this number was too sensational and embarrassed to speak.

"With General Chen's ability, how can it be done to deal with a mere Dou Jiande!" Zheng Jian smiled and said, "Our Zheng family's strong men have learned the method of array in order to protect the house. Although they cannot be compared with the Hu Ben under General Chen's command, if they are pulled up to recharge the number of people, they should be fine, right?"

"You can't say that. Fighting is not about the number of people!" Chen Ying shook his head and said, "Although Mr. Zheng is not a military expert, he is also knowledgeable and talented. I believe he knows that during the Three Kingdoms period, Yuan Benchu ​​was under tens of thousands of troops, while Cao Mengde had only more than 30,000 troops, but he defeated Yuan Shao, Hebei in one battle, and the Battle of Mangshan in the Northern Dynasties. Five hundred cavalrymen of the Northern Qi Lanling King defeated 100,000 Northern Zhou..."

Speaking of this, Chen Ying suddenly realized.

Before he knew it, he was taken to the ditch by Zheng Jian.

Chen Ying has always used the excuse of having a large number of soldiers and generals as an excuse. Now he shows himself, saying that the number of people is not the main factor in the decisive victory of the war. This is exactly what Zheng Jian wants.

Chen Ying sighed helplessly and said, "Mr. Zheng, we are not talking secretly in front of our wise people. I am not boasting. Although Dou Jiande is strong, I am not afraid of him!"

Zheng Jian smiled and said, "General Chen is mighty and General Chen is domineering!"

Chen Ying waved his hand and said, "That's right, it's hard to cook without rice. What's more, I am not a good-looking woman! You have also seen that the soldiers of the Modao Army under my command are too heavily equipped. If they carry equipment, they will only march for forty miles a day, so they must each be equipped with two war horses to accompany the marching. And I have sixteen cavalry under my command. If there are cavalry of these sixteen regiments in hand, Dou Jiande's dozens of troops, this general can be regarded as nothing!"

When Zheng Jian heard this, he calculated silently in his heart. Modao Army had more than 2,700 people and more than 5,400 war horses.

As for the Yue cavalry, it is either a horse or a cavalry. During the battle, the cavalry must at least bring a match with a war horse to facilitate transfer when the horse is exhausted. If it is a long-distance raid or a large-scale assault, it requires three per person.

Just as Zheng Jian was calculating, Chen Ying blurted out: "For 20,000 war horses, this general needs at least 20,000 war horses, and the time cannot be less than 15,000!"

Twenty thousand war horses are naturally a piece of cake for the Wang family in Taiyuan and Li family in Longyou. Even the Lu family in Fanyang, Youzhou, they can take out 10,000 or 20,000 war horses at will. Zheng family is rich, and there are more than 60,000 oxen under their sect, but they don’t have that many war horses.

The entire Zheng family in Xingyang could have taken out so many horses unless they were at the strongest time in the Northern Qi Dynasty. Zheng Jian smiled bitterly and said, "The Zheng family now even counts the slow horses that hold horses. Maybe they can make up 20,000, but war horses can get up to 8,000..."

Before Zheng Jian finished speaking, Chen Ying shook his head and said, "Mr. Zheng, we are not doing business now. We pay attention to asking for prices everywhere and paying back the money. This is related to the lives of more than 10,000 soldiers. They are also raised by their parents. Human heads are not leeks in the field. Cut off a crop and they can grow again!"

Seeing Chen Ying's attitude so firm, Zheng Jian couldn't persuade him anymore. Zheng Jian smiled gently and said, "The Zheng family only has 8,000 war horses, but it only takes three days. If there is one month, even if we Zheng family buys, we can buy 20,000 war horses. It's just time..."

At this moment, Li Xiuning entered the tent and said, "Ten thousand war horses, five thousand steep horses, and fifty thousand stagnant rewards to the military. How about driving all the Xia army in Xingyang within three days?"

Upon hearing this, Zheng Jian looked at Li Xiuning in confusion and said, "This is..."

Chen Ying pointed at Li Xiuning and explained: "Mr. Zheng, this is His Highness, Princess Pingyang, the Tang Dynasty!"

"Zheng Jian pays homage to Princess Pingyang!" Zheng Jian leaned forward slightly, counting as a bow.

Chen Ying secretly wondered why Li Xiuning let Zheng go so easily. He could use Zheng's urgent need to drive Dou Jiande away and squeeze it hard. In Chen Ying's view, Zheng's family in Xingyang belongs to copper peas, and cannot be squeezed out oil without squeezing.

Li Xiuning whispered in Chen Ying's ear: "It's meat that comes to your mouth!"

"The meat is in the mouth that you eat!"

Chen Ying suddenly realized that the news that the Beiwei Army could get, then as a local snake, Zheng would definitely get news of Dou Jiande's retreat a little later. By that time, Chen Ying could not follow Dou Jiande's army and robbed the Zheng family of Xingyang.

Li Xiuning looked at Zheng Jian and said, "How is it? Can it be done? If it cannot be done, our Tang Dynasty will withdraw its troops. There will be no soldiers or soldiers left in the east of Luoyang!"

Zheng Jian was shocked when he heard this.

Seeing Chen Yinggubo's unsuspecting appearance, Li Xiuning placed the battle report in front of Chen Ying.

Chen Ying hurriedly opened it and found that it was the urgent letter written by Fang Xuanling.

"Hangu Pass was lost?" Chen Ying really couldn't accept the news: "How is this possible?"

The incident was actually very simple. Wang Shichong took the approach of step by step, using a small amount of troops to arrange fortifications such as horse-resisting and trenches on the official road, step by step delaying the speed of Li Shimin's army. Li Shimin and Changsun Shunde explained the meeting time in the letter, which was delayed by a full day and a half.

At this time, Changsun Shunde could not sit still. Because of Changsun Wugui, the Changsun family bet all their treasures on Li Shimin. Li Shimin must not have any trouble. Seeing that Li Shimin was not delayed, Changsun Shunde led his army to attack eastward.

Almost like the situation that Li Shimin encountered, Changsun Shunde's troops also encountered Li Shimin's same experience. They were trenches, called crossbowmen, and encountered enemies all the way and killed the enemy. They encountered dangers and broke the dangers. The Zuo Xiaowei army spent a lot of effort and finally met with Li Shimin in Cijian, more than ten miles east of Xin'an.

But at this moment, the bad news came that Hangu Pass was actually broken. To say that Hangu Pass was broken, the process was simply dramatic. At a time when no one expected, a convoy of supplies transported from Chang'an came slowly from the Hangu Road. Because Li Shimin lost a lot of equipment and food, such a convoy was found every day.

The lieutenant of the city guard was from Changsun Shunde. He did not slacken. He carefully checked the transportation verification and official certificates very seriously. There was no problem with these, so he let it go directly. However, just as these convoys slowly entered Hangu Pass, the civilians suddenly stopped the vehicle, opened the car with swords, guns and weapons, and took the weapons to kill the Hangu Pass defenders. Hangu Pass was caught off guard and was killed by the Zheng army, who were made up as civilians, and in just a quarter of an hour, Hangu Pass changed hands.

Chen Ying looked at the battle report and said angrily: "I remember the general guarding Hangu Pass is Zhang Wenguang under Duan Zhixuan's command. Why was he replaced?"

Li Xiuning said: "It's meaningless to say these things now. The key is that Hangu Pass has been lost and cannot be recaptured in a short period of time. The problem now is that we must attack Dou Jiande as soon as possible and return to Luoyang!"

When Zheng Jian heard this, he was really afraid that Chen Ying and Li Xiuning would retreat. Once the Tang army retreated, Dou Jiande would have no choice. The key is that Zheng and Dou Jiande had already broken up. Zheng even let go of ruthless words. When the Seven Sects and Five Hopes came to help, he would take time. Before the Seven Sects and Five Hopes overthrew Dou Jiande, Dou Jiande had countless ways to slaughter the entire Zheng family in Xingyang. Of course, many of the Zheng family's children were not in Xingyang, but once the Xingyang foundation was destroyed, Zheng's family would not be able to recover their strength in three or five years.

"In three days, eight thousand war horses, seven thousand stagnant horses, fifty thousand stagnant horses...thirty thousand s of grain!" Zheng Jian said with a bitter face: "It will be handed over to General Chen within three days!"

"Wait!" Chen Ying said: "I still have one condition. I think the Zheng family should not lack excellent craftsmen. The hook and sickle spear under this general also needs to be rebuilt. If possible, I hope the Zheng family can send some excellent craftsmen here!"

Zheng Jian agreed without thinking: "Yes, you can send a thousand craftsmen to General Chen!"

Chen Ying also said: "This general lacks several military officials and officials who manage the baggage to join the army. Zheng passed on his family through poetry and books. I think there are many young heroes!"

When Zheng Jian heard this, he was overjoyed.

This is Chen Ying's cleverness. He wants to share his interests. Chen Ying is embarrassed to just take other people's things. He is also a shameless person. He really can't do shameless things.

"This is easy!" Zheng Jian looked up at Tianse and said, "I will send a message now. Before dark, I can reach General Chen's military camp for dispatch."

"Mr. Zheng, I'm sorry for it!" Chen Ying said solemnly: "Under the general's command, if you do well, you will get promoted and make a fortune. If you don't do well, get out of here immediately!"

After saying that, he walked out with great strides.

Zheng Jian shouted anxiously: "General Chen, where are you going?"

Chen Ying didn't look back: "Go and help you find the place back and drive away the bed bugs in front of you. If those bed bugs are in front of you, people's supplies and people can't get through!"

If you block money, if you kill your parents, the Zheng family in Xingyang is now Chen Ying's big financial backer, with 15,000 horses, 50,000 jin of military funds and craftsmen and talents. In Chen Ying's opinion, that is his money.

Of course, the most important thing is that the Xia army actually snatched the Zheng family in Xingyang. Now the Xia army soldiers must have a lot of money. Chen Ying snatched the money back from the Xia army and had no burden in his heart.

The two injured Zheng family servants looked at each other, and the one who had been scratched in the stomach stuck out his tongue and said, "My God, it turns out that General Chen has such a violent temper!"

Guo Luo snorted coldly and said, "General Chen doesn't want to bully anyone, but if a mad dog runs out and barks at him, he will cut off the dog's head without hesitation... Let's rest assured to recover from the injury. With General Chen here, there will be no problem."

"Woooooooo..." The desolate and gloomy horn sounded, and the soldiers who were resting, drinking water, bragging and fucking changed their faces and rushed to the schoolyard as quickly as possible. They gathered quickly, and the Raimaling was immediately shrouded in the atmosphere of the war.
Chapter completed!