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Chapter 559: Changsun Wuji: Cheng Yaojin, are you going to rebel?
Li Jing's 100,000-man army, which was guarding the Yan and Liao armies, was stationed in a military fortress in the Feiyunling area, 20 kilometers southwest of Luo Yi's camp. They pinned down the 80,000 Yan and Liao armies in Jingzhou from the flank and rear, preventing Luo Yi from engaging in battle and also preventing him from attacking Chang'an.

The war situation became tense a few days ago, and the court transferred Li Jing's 70,000 troops back to Chang'an to deal with the Turkic front army, and let Cheng Yaojin take the remaining 30,000 troops to closely monitor the movements of the Yan and Liao armies, observe Luo Yi's movements, and be ready to respond at any time.

But he did not make clear the specific strategic intentions. Cheng Yaojin secretly wondered, what does it mean? What changes should be made? Is he afraid that Luo Yi's army will respond to the Turks and take the opportunity to attack Chang'an?

Since it is not clearly stated above, this gives the leading general at the front the opportunity to make an impromptu decision.

After returning to the camp, Cheng Yaojin began to deploy defenses based on the camp, and arranged for the soldiers in the camp to pack their bags and reorganize their military equipment. Cheng Yaojin was very cunning in fighting. He would never fight hard even if he knew the enemy was not in his favor. It would have been fine if he had 100,000 soldiers, but now there were only 30,000 left. How could he resist the enemy's 80,000-strong army?

With a quick thought, he came up with a plan to deal with the situation.

When the Yan-Liao army led by Luo Yi attacked the fort, he would resist for a while and lose a few thousand people. Then he would retreat south with most of his troops and use the army in Chang'an to resist the Yan-Liao army.

But yesterday, his son Cheng Huailiang came to the military camp and told him what Changsha Prince Li Ke meant, and Cheng Yaojin flatly refused.

Cheng Yaojin is not a simple character from his journey from Wagangzhai to where he is today. It is obvious at a glance that Li Ke wants him to provoke Luo Yi, and then use Luo Yi's knife to kill the eldest prince so that he can ascend to the throne of crown prince.

This fight for the throne is a life-and-death struggle. Now Cheng Yaojin is no longer a bandit in Wagangzhai, and the world belongs to Li Tang. As the Duke of the current dynasty, he feels that his current position is stable and he doesn't want to climb up anymore, so he doesn't want to take that risk.

Framed and murdered the prince, once exposed, it would be a crime of genocide!
During the Xuanwu Gate Incident, he and Qin Qiong declined Li Shimin's offer on the grounds that Li Yuan had shown them kindness and had helped them. They did not get involved in this mess because they did not want to take risks. Now it is the turn of the next generation, and they can enjoy a good life of wealth and luxury, so why take risks?

But Cheng Huailiang was devoted to Li Ke and tried to persuade him in every way, even using the past to illustrate his point. Cheng Yaojin was an old general of the King of Qin, but he was absent from Xuanwu Gate at the critical moment of the King of Qin's life and death crisis, which was already disloyal.

Being unreliable in battle will definitely leave a bad impression on the emperor. If they cannot make a contribution to the future crown prince, I am afraid that the Cheng family will no longer have a position in the court in the future.

In fact, the Xuanwu Gate Incident is not only an eternal pain in Li Shimin's heart, but also a pain in the hearts of Qin Shi Huang's former generals such as Cheng Yaojin and Qin Qiong who did not participate in the Xuanwu Gate Incident.

Ever since Li Shimin ascended the throne, Cheng Yaojin had an unsolvable knot in his heart. Yuchi Jingde, who was originally on equal footing with him, and Dugu Yanyun, who was not as good as him, were now very popular in the court and had become the favorites of Li Shimin.

Qin Qiong and I were absent because of the Xuanwu Gate. Although Li Shimin didn't say anything on the surface, it was obvious that he didn't think much of me.

During the Turkic invasion this time, Yuchi Jingde led 60,000 troops to block the Turks on the north bank of the Wei River, while he and Li Jing, who was also in exile, were exiled to Jingzhou, 200 kilometers away, to guard Luo Yi. Now Li Jing has also been transferred back, leaving him alone to guard the Yan-Liao army with the 30,000 troops with the weakest combat effectiveness.

It is easy to tell which is more important.

Qin Qiong was injured too many times in battles in his early years and is now in poor health. He usually stays at home to recuperate. He only has a title and a nominal position in the court. He no longer actually commands troops.

Thinking of these realities, Cheng Yaojin felt a great sense of crisis, and after his son's persuasion, he was unconsciously moved.

But he was a cautious person, and took advantage of the court's unclear decree to play a clever trick. He first had people place more than a dozen carts of food and fodder on the side of the road where the Yan Liao army was patrolling, and then attacked Luo Yi on the pretext that the other party was robbing food, hoping that Luo Yi would be so angry that he would kill Li Chengqian to vent his anger.

In this way, he could help the Prince of Changsha without leaving any trace and avoid arousing the emperor's suspicion.

Who can tell what the conflict between him and Luo Yi is all about? As long as Luo Yi attacks him, it will be a rebellion, and the peace talks between the court and him will naturally fail. As a hostage, Li Chengqian will naturally be killed by Luo Yi to vent his anger.

Now the Tang Dynasty is in danger, and the Turks and the kings in the south are rebelling. Who will believe the words of a rebel and doubt their own generals?

In the end, the imperial court wiped out Luo Yi, and Li Chengqian's affairs would naturally be blamed on the Yan Liao army, without anyone knowing.

So after Cheng Yaojin and his son Cheng Huailiang discussed the action plan together, they couldn't wait to start implementing their own plan.

Now things are going smoothly and everything is developing in the direction he had imagined. Just now in front of the Yan Liao army camp, both sides did not hold back, so there were heavy casualties. Luo Yi has mobilized a large army to retaliate, and it seems that his plan has been successful.

As soon as Luo Yi's army arrived, he would symbolically resist for a while, then abandon the camp and retreat to Chang'an, using the court's troops to quell the rebellion. As for Luo Yi's disaster being brought to Chang'an, it had little to do with him.

After the rebellion of the kings at the end of the Sui Dynasty, Cheng Yaojin first joined Wagang and then joined Li Tang, and was used to the chaotic world. If Chang'an could not resist, the worst that could happen was that the world would be in chaos again, and he would help the King of Qin to conquer the world again. In that case, the matter of Xuanwu Gate would not be important.

Cheng Yaojin planned to make sure everything would go smoothly, and then sat in the pass waiting for the situation to develop.

Unexpectedly, by noon, Luo Yi had not yet come to attack the city. Cheng Yaojin thought to himself, hadn't the Yan and Liao armies already gathered their troops?

Even if the whole army came together, it would take a whole morning. What was going on? Just as he was wondering, a spy came on horseback to report: "It's bad, General Cheng. Luo Yi has mobilized 80,000 troops from Yan and Liao, abandoned the camp and headed southeast. Now there is no one in the camp."

"Report"

At this time, another scout rode his horse desperately towards the camp. Before he entered the gate, he shouted to Cheng Yaojin who was standing on the tower of the camp: "General, Luo Yi's army has reached the bank of the Jingshui River and is crossing the river. The vanguard of more than 10,000 cavalrymen did not stop after crossing the river and went straight to Chang'an."

"what?"

Cheng Yaojin was horrified, his scalp was numb, his hands and legs were weak, his whole body was trembling, and he almost couldn't stand. So many Tianyan Liao troops didn't move, and he just provoked them in the morning, and Luo Yi led his men to Chang'an, not even wanting to suppress Anding City.

This is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that according to the plan, his 30,000 troops should rush to Chang'an before Luo Yi's 80,000 troops and pretend to be unable to resist. But now his troops have been left behind, and the situation is different.

I can't explain to the court. It is my duty to delay Luo Yi.

It's bad. Today, the main force of the Turkic army is heading to Luochuan. Luo Yi must have responded to Jie Li and joined him in besieging Chang'an. The emperor has repeatedly told me to delay Luo Yi. Now, Luo Yi's army has already gone to Chang'an, but I'm still guarding here.

"Quick, gather the troops!"

Cheng Yaojin shouted frantically: "All troops, leave the camp and catch up with the Yan and Liao armies."

At this time, Cheng Huailiang, who was dressed as a guard beside him, rolled his eyes and said quickly: "Father, Luo Yi's army has been gone for a long time. It's too late to rush over now. As long as they leave a small number of infantry to block the ferry, we will be helpless."

"It is better to attack them and rescue them. We should mobilize our 30,000 troops and attack Anding City. Most of Luo Yi's army are from Jingzhou. When they hear that Lao Xie is attacked, they will definitely return. Even if they don't return, their morale will be greatly affected. Even if we reach Chang'an, we won't have much fighting power."

"After we capture Anding, we will pursue them and attack them from both sides together with the Chang'an army. We will surely defeat the Yan and Liao armies. Isn't that killing two birds with one stone?"

Well.
Cheng Yaojin's mind was in a mess at this time. After hearing his son's analysis, he thought about it and felt that it made sense: "Yes, that's the reason."

"In that case, let's attack Anding City and take Jingzhou. I don't believe that Luo Yi's army can maintain morale after losing its rear. This will be much more effective than us following behind him."

"Somebody come!"

The two soldiers beside him stepped forward, bowed and said, "General?"

"You two should take a shortcut to Chang'an and report that Luo Yi has assembled 80,000 Yan and Liao troops to attack Chang'an. Once our army has captured Ding'an, we will pursue them so that the emperor can prepare in advance."

"Yes," the two men agreed, rode two fast horses, and galloped out of the camp.

About half an incense stick of time later, the 30,000-strong army gathered and, under the command of Cheng Yaojin, rumbled out of the camp and headed towards Anding City in the northeast.

An hour later, the army arrived at the city of Anding. Cheng Yaojin knew that Anding City was more empty than ever before, with only a small number of city defense troops guarding it. He could take it in one blow.

Just as he was about to give the order to attack the city, a horseman flew out of the city and headed straight towards the army.

Cheng Yaojin ignored him, sneered, and ordered: "Ray drums to assist in the battle, archers in the front, battering rams and ladders in the back, three rounds of cavalry archers behind, sword and shield soldiers ant-like attack, and try to take the city in one go."

"Yes, General!"

There were constant wars during the Sui and Tang dynasties, and conquering cities was a common occurrence. Most of Cheng Yaojin's subordinates were veteran soldiers with rich experience. Everyone knew what they should do, and at the command, they rode their horses towards their own formations.

At this time, a rider galloping from Jingzhou City also arrived in front of the formation. Fortunately, the other party was alone, and everyone knew that he was most likely a messenger who came to negotiate or something, so no one shot an arrow. After the man arrived in front of the formation and his identity was verified, a passage was opened up, leading directly to Cheng Yaojin's central army.

Cheng Yaojin was still arranging various matters when he heard a familiar voice, angrily shouting: "Cheng Zhijie, what are you doing?"

"Why are you coming to Anding City instead of supporting Chang'an? Are you planning a rebellion?"

(End of this chapter)