Chapter 198 The injustice of the big head is not slaughtered, and it is intolerable

The appearance of the man in the brocade robe was very miserable, the long-sleeved fluttering brocade robe had been stained red with blood, his face was bloodless, his expression was painful, and a wound on his right shoulder was deep and bone-invisible. There were only two of his few servants left with him, one of them bleeding and dying in his abdomen, and the other had several arrows stuck in his body, his eyes split, his teeth gritted, and his resentment could not be quelled.

Chen Ying touched his nose and said with a wry smile: "Don't cry first, who are you and what's going on?" ”

The brocade-robed man got up, but just when he wanted to move, he touched the wound, grinning in pain, and his whole face became hideous: "General Chen, the old man Xingyang Zheng Zheng Jian." ”

Chen Ying was stunned, he really didn't know who Zheng Jian was. But I think it should be Xingyang Zheng's. However, in Zheng Jian's introduction, Chen Ying has already understood that this Zheng Jian's origin is really not small. He is Zheng Chen's younger brother, that is, the uncle of Zheng Jibo, the father of the crown princess Zheng Guanyin.

It's just that I feel that Zheng Jian is too young and too light, and the person who can be the grandfather of the crown princess doesn't look much older than Li Jiancheng. But it's normal to think about it, and it's not uncommon for grandchildren to be the same age in a big family.

"Quick, come on, stop the bleeding for him!"

Zhao Yuanqiao came in with a medicine box, Chen Huairen frowned, Zheng Jian's injuries were not light, in case there was a little problem, there would be some trouble. Chen Ying is also a person who is afraid of trouble, Chen Huairen pushed Zhao Yuanqiao away and came to treat Zheng Jian's wounds himself, of course, Zhao Yuanqiao was not idle, he also helped several servants to heal their injuries.

Chen Huairen took out a small porcelain bottle from the medicine box, carefully unplugged the cork, and a rich aroma of wine quickly filled the entire tent.

Zheng Jian turned his head to see that a clear and transparent medicinal liquid was pouring into his wound, and the aroma of wine was emitted by it. Wine can also be used as medicine? He was surprised, a sharp pain rushed out of the wound, pierced the nerve, he snorted, and cold sweat came out.

Chen Ying hurriedly held him down and explained: "This is alcohol, you can interpret it as the essence of wine, which has a good anti-inflammatory effect, and cleaning the wound with it can effectively disinfect, prevent the wound from becoming inflamed, and allow the wound to heal faster...... Just endure it, just endure it. ”

Chen Huairen used Chen Ying's method to use mildew artemisinin to treat injuries, but Chen Ying also knew nothing about this principle, but in the follow-up process, the effect of artemisinin in treating trauma was not good, and almost one-third of the soldiers were infected.

Chen Ying hurriedly stopped the use of artemisinin, but there were many wounded soldiers, and it could not be left untreated, Chen Ying thought about it and decided to purify the alcohol. In this era, the alcohol content of ordinary alcohol was very low, about the same as that of beer in later generations, and it was about 10 degrees.

Fortunately, at this time, Chen Ying already had the accumulation of distillation technology, after all, he had tinplate in his hand and could process distillation utensils, but alcohol was too expensive to eat, full of thirty jars of wine, nearly three hundred catties, and finally only got less than fifteen catties. These fifteen catties, Chen Ying also knew that it was not alcohol, but a high degree of liquor similar to that of later generations, and the alcohol content was at best similar to that of Elite or a stuffy donkey, about sixty-five degrees.

Now, though, that's the best thing to do.

Seeing Chen Ying's nervous and concerned face, Zheng Jian couldn't help but be moved in his heart, and said with a smile: "Thank you General Chen for rescuing." ”

Chen Ying smiled slightly: "You are the Zheng family, I am the head of the East Palace, and our crown princess is also the Zheng family, we are a family, and we can't die without help...... Where did you meet the bandits? Which bandit hurt you along the way? ”

Chen Ying said it well, in fact, he is also a person who is not profitable and cannot afford to be early, Xingyang Zheng is the head snake of the Central Plains, after this battle is over, Li Shimin will definitely withdraw to Chang'an. But he had to stay in the Central Plains, after all, Chen Ying was now the pacification envoy of Henan Province, responsible for one hundred and twenty-six counties in one prefecture and twenty-nine prefectures in Henan Province (in fact, the territory was slightly larger than Henan Province in later generations), no matter what political achievements Chen Ying wanted to do in the local area, he could not do without the support of the Zheng family.

Speaking can divert Zheng Jian's attention and reduce the burning pain caused by alcohol cleaning the wound, Zheng Jian looked at Chen Ying's harmless appearance and did not doubt it.

He shook his head and said, "Not bandits! ”

"Not bandits?" Chen Ying was strange: "It's not a bandit, who could it be?" ”

Xingyang Zheng is the same as Longyou Li, Zhaojun Li, Taiyuan Wang, Qinghe Cui, Boling Cui, Fanyang Lu and known as the seven sects and five wangs of the Northern Dynasties in the world. Not to mention ordinary people, even the emperor can't offend them lightly, Li Shimin is powerful enough, but in the process of fighting with the gate lords of the Seven Sects and the Five Wangshi Clans, he was so angry that he wanted to die, but he was helpless. What really made the family suffocate was Wu Zetian, who followed the example of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and appointed cool officials, on the one hand, she promoted the children of the Hanmen (bachelors of the North Gate) to suppress the family.

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, there were 36 roads in the world against the king, and 72 roads were dusty and smokey. Dou Jiande is actually an outlier, he was born poor, and at most he is a small landlord class of the Shu nationality. The bones have a peasant-like cunning, he occupies Hebei, but the Hebei clan gate valve is eyebrow-to-eye with Li Yuan, but he doesn't accept his kindness, thinking that he belongs to the same Hebei people, Dou Jiande is embarrassed to be ruthless to them, as long as they don't add to the chaos, everyone will be fine.

After coming to Xingyang, something happened that disgusted Dou Jiande. Wang Xiaohu's subordinate general, when entering and exiting Xingyang City, rode a horse and galloped, crashing into an old farmer who could not dodge, Dou Jiande in order to invite the hearts of the people, not only dealt with this partial general in public, but also whipped a full twenty whips, beating the general's flesh and blood. For a time, Dou Jiande's reputation in Xingyang quickly spread.

Later, due to the battle of Happy Valley, the Xia army appeared hundreds of seriously wounded, inconvenient to move, and placed in a Zheng family grange in Bishui Town nearby, perhaps preconceived, Xingyang Zheng mistakenly thought that Dou Jiande was weak and could be bullied, and categorically rejected Dou Jiande's request, the steward of Zheng's courtyard, estimated that his head was also kicked by a donkey, and he was ashamed to tell the Xia soldiers: "Zheng has money, no penny is more, Zheng has food, no grain can be eaten by Xia soldiers!" ”

That attitude is clear that he doesn't give Dou Jiande face, of course, Dou Jiande is also a good man, and he patiently went to see the head of the Zheng family, but the head of the Zheng family didn't even let Dou Jiande enter the door, and Dou Jiande was very faceless this time. Wang Xiaohu was furious when he saw that Dou Jiande had eaten the closed door.

Just with a group of soldiers broke into the Zheng Villa outside the city and robbed the Zheng Villa completely, in fact, with the grain of Liyang Cangcheng, Dou Jiande's food was enough for the soldiers to eat for 200 days, and there was no need to lack food at all. Perhaps in order to breathe a sigh of relief, Dou Jiande acquiesced to what Wang Xiaohu did.

There is a way where there is something good at the top, and the bottom must follow it.

Wang Xiaohu robbed one of Zheng's courtyards, and all the generals below joined the ranks of robbery, except for Cao Zhanbu, who was confronting Chen Ying in Happy Valley.

Of course, the Zheng clan had private soldiers, and there were quite a few of them, if they were all added together, there were more than 20,000 men and horses, and they were well-equipped. However, they were scattered in various granges, and there were only a few hundred people in the city, but Zheng Jun could not be helped. Some of the grange stewards ordered resistance, and as long as they saw the bloody Xia soldiers, they would immediately be like wounded beasts, and they would go berserk.

For a time, the Zheng family suffered heavy losses.

At this time, Zheng remembered to reason with Dou Jiande, but although Dou Jiande promised well, there was no follow-up.

The Zheng family is naturally unwilling to be killed, but the power of the Zheng family is obviously not Dou Jiande's opponent, the messengers of the Zheng family are now in all directions, to unite the gates, you must know that the seven sects and five wangs are married to each other, and they have always advanced and retreated together, and their five surnames and seven families can basically represent most of the world's clans.

Chen Ying was still very puzzled as to why Dou Jiande was defeated at the hands of Li Shimin. Although it is recorded in the Book of Tang: "In May, Li Shimin thought that 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, Li Shimin held on until noon, the Xia army was thirsty, hungry and tired, Li Shimin took the opportunity to storm and personally charged. At that time, Dou Jiande was convening a meeting of his ministers, and Li Shimin's elite soldiers rushed straight to Dou Jiande's camp, and all the civil officials under Dou immediately rushed to the camp, and the camp was in chaos, and the command system of Dou Jun's army was paralyzed. Although the officers and men of the Xia army fought hard, the headquarters was destroyed, and finally the rout was not supported, and as many as 50,000 were captured. ”

In history, Li Shimin's Xuanjia cavalry only had more than 3,000 people, and in this time and space, because of Chen Ying's influence, Li Shimin's Xuanjia cavalry expanded nearly doubled, as many as more than 5,000 people, but at this time, the Xuanjia cavalry was wiped out in Longmen Pass. Not to mention that the Xuanjia cavalry has been wiped out, even if it is not destroyed, Li Shimin will definitely not be able to destroy Dou Jiande's entire army in one battle. Although the Xuanjia cavalry is elite, if they open up a formation to attack, Chen Ying can lead the hook and sickle cavalry to destroy the Xuanjia cavalry in one battle. Of course, there is a very heavy price to pay.

Dou Jiande's army of tens of thousands, the Xuanjia cavalry could not be destroyed in a battle. Even if Chen Ying led the hook and sickle lancers, he couldn't do it. You must know that most of Dou Jiande's troops are infantry, and the hook and sickle lancers are actually more dangerous than the impact cavalry array, once the infantry is chaotic, even if the horse is trampled on it, it can't rush for several miles, and the impact of the war horse is slowly disappearing, just like Zhu Cang in the battle of Beipi, falling into a muddy place, unable to advance or retreat.

It is easy for Chen Ying to lead 5,000 hook and sickle cavalry to defeat Dou Jiande in one or two battles, but he can be completely annihilated, but he can't do it at all. However, history clearly records that Li Shimin wiped out more than 100,000 cavalry under Dou Jiande with more than 2,600 cavalry in one battle, and captured more than 50,000 prisoners alone.

Now Chen Ying has understood what is going on, because Dou Jiande has offended the Zheng family of Xingyang and offended the Seven Sects and Five Hopes, which is equivalent to offending the Shandong aristocratic group. Under the joint resistance of the entire Shandong aristocratic group, defeat was inevitable.

Not to mention Dou Jiande's tens of thousands of troops, even if there are more than one million troops, it is the same failure. During the period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Fu Jian, a former Qin and Di of the Northern Dynasties, led an army of 1.17 million, a hundred miles of joint operations, claiming to be able to throw whips and cut off the stream, but was beaten by the 85,000 army of Xie Xuan's uncle and nephew.

History also does not record why Xie Xuan was able to defeat Fu Jian, but the truth in fact is that Fu Jian's invasion of the south and the destruction of the Eastern Jin Dynasty were not in the interests of the four major families of Jiangzuo and the four major families of the northern overseas Chinese.

In terms of strength, the four major families of Jiangzuo and the four major families of overseas Chinese in the north are far inferior to the seven sects and five wangs and the entire Shandong aristocratic group, once they exert their strength, Dou Jiande will be defeated. Not to mention Dou Jiande, even Yang Guang was defeated in the hands of the entire world clan, because Yang Guang opened the imperial examination and promoted to the cold door, which was equivalent to cutting off the survival of the clan gate, so the world was in chaos.

Chen Ying's sword eyebrows raised: "Mr. Zheng, don't worry, in my camp, I will ensure your safety, although Dou Jiande's army is huge, if he wants to break my camp, he still lacks a deputy tooth!" ”

Zheng Jian said: "General Chen doesn't know, Dou Jiande is tyrannical, the people and gentry of Henan have suffered for a long time, and we are eager for the Tang Dynasty to restore Henan ......."

The man who was hit by the arrow said indignantly: "They don't ask the reason, they rush in when they see the Zheng family's Zhuang array, kill people when they see them, rob things when they see them, and they don't even let go of the firewood in the kitchen in the house, they are completely a group of beasts!" ”

Now the Zheng family has suffered huge losses in Xingyang, and the loss is in the floating wealth and food, which is all right, but when the personal safety of the Zheng family's children is not guaranteed, they are afraid. I can't wait to find foreign aid, Qizong Wuwang is too far away, and the closest to Xingyang is only Chen Ying, General Chen.

Chen Ying smiled bitterly: "Mr. Zheng doesn't know, although Chen can hold the Tiger Prison Pass, he is only more than capable of self-preservation, but he is powerless to attack!" took the initiative to attack and recover Xingyang, although Chen had a heart, but he was powerless. ”

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

Chen Ying took a look, only to see that it was a secret report sent by the Beiwei army, and Liu Tong found that the Xia army had mobilized ships in Guanzhou (near today's Guancheng District, Zhengzhou) to build a raft.

Just seeing this, Chen Ying knew that Dou Jiande was going to retreat. He wanted to retreat to Hebei, and the time was ripe to recover Xingyang. However, Zheng Jian was still sending pillows to Chen Ying.

As long as the Zheng family's industry in Xingyang can be restored, it will not take two or three years at most for the Zheng family to recover its vitality.

Zheng Jian said: "I don't know how many troops General Chen needs?" Our Zheng clan still has 20,000 young and strong children, which can be driven by General Chen! ”

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

Zheng Jian said with a smile: "Although the Zheng clan has suffered heavy losses now, it can still give General Chen 350,000 yuan to reward the army, I don't know...... What does General Chen think? ”

Zheng Jian was not only slashed by the Xia army soldiers, but the key was that the most beloved concubine fell into the hands of Xia Jun Fan Yuan, and she didn't know whether she was alive or dead. How can such love and hatred not be repaid.

Seeing that Chen Ying seemed to be a little moved, Zheng Jian said again: "If General Chen has any difficulties, even if he raises them, if it is within the scope of our Zheng clan's ability, there is no disapproval!" ”

When Chen Ying heard this, he was silent on the surface, but he was ecstatic in his heart. Originally, Dou Jiande retreated, but he wanted to rush to Xingyang and obtain greater military achievements. Although he doesn't need these feats anymore, his brothers do. Luo Shixin has just been made a marquis, and if he doesn't give Luo Shixin a prince or a county duke, Chen Ying feels a little sorry for Luo Shixin. There are also Zhang Huaiwei, Zhang Shigui, Duan Zhixuan, etc., their titles are too low, their official positions are too small, and there is still a lot of room for growth.

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

Chen Ying thought of this, and said with a sneer: "There are only more than 10,000 men and horses under Chen's command, presumably Mr. Zheng has also heard that Chen is the best at using cavalry, but in the battle of Luoyang, the cavalry under Chen's command did not suffer much damage, but there are not many horses left!" ”

"War Horse!" Zheng Jian fell into deep thought. Although there is a lack of war horses in Henan, as the first tyrant in Henan, the Zheng family in Xingyang naturally still has some war horses, of course, there are not many of them, and they are definitely not as good as the Taiyuan Wang family and the Longyou Li family, Li Yuan raised troops, and the Longyou Li family sent more than 60,000 war horses at one time. Although the Zheng clan is far less generous than the Li clan in Longyou, thousands of war horses can still be obtained.

Zheng Jian looked at Chen Ying from afar: "I don't know how much General Chen's war horse is missing?" “

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