Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

Chapter 496

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The man in the brocade robe looked very miserable, the long-sleeved brocade robe was already stained red with blood, his face was bloodless, his expression was painful, and there was a wound on his right shoulder where the bones were deep.There were only two servants left with him, one was bleeding profusely from his lower abdomen, dying, and the other had several arrows stuck in his body, his eyes were cracked, his teeth were gnashing, and his resentment was uncontrollable.

Chen Ying rubbed his nose, smiled wryly and said, "Don't cry, who are you, what's going on?"

The brocade-robed man got up, but just when he wanted to move, his wound was touched, his teeth grinned in pain, and his whole face became grim: "General Chen, old man Xingyang Zheng's Zheng Jian."

Chen Ying was taken aback, he really didn't know who Zheng Jian was.But I think it should be the Zheng family of Xingyang.However, during Zheng Jian's introduction, Chen Ying already understood that Zheng Jian's background is really not small.He is the younger brother of Zheng Chen and the uncle of Zheng Jibo, the father of Crown Princess Zheng Guanyin.

It's just that Zheng Jian's youth is too light, and the grandpa who can be a princess looks not much older than Li Jiancheng.But it's normal to think about it, and it's not uncommon for grandparents to be the same age in big families.

"Quick, come, stop the bleeding!"

Zhao Yuanqiao came in with a medicine box, Chen Huairen frowned, Zheng Jian's injury was not serious, if something went wrong, some troubles would be inevitable.Chen Ying was also a person who was afraid of trouble, so Chen Huairen pushed Zhao Yuanqiao away and healed Zheng Jian's wound by himself. Of course, Zhao Yuanqiao was not idle, he also helped several servants to heal their wounds.

Chen Huairen took out a small porcelain bottle from the medicine box, carefully pulled out the cork, and a strong aroma of wine soon permeated the entire tent.

Zheng Jian turned her head and saw that a clear and transparent liquid medicine was pouring into her wound, and the aroma of the wine was emitted from it.Can wine be used as medicine?Just as he was surprised, a sharp pain shot out from the wound and pierced his nerves. He let out a low snort, and broke out in cold sweat.

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. Using it to clean the wound can effectively disinfect it, prevent the wound from becoming inflamed, and allow the wound to heal faster... …Just be patient, just be patient.”

Chen Huairen used Chen Ying's method to treat wounds with mildewed artemisinin, but Chen Ying didn't understand the principle, but in the follow-up process, the effect of artemisinin on wounds was not good, and almost one third of the soldiers were infected , This is not healing, it is simply fatal. If Chen Huairen's wound healing and medical skills were used in later generations, he would probably be beaten to death when he went out.

Chen Ying hurriedly stopped the use of artemisinin, but there were many wounded soldiers who could not be cured, so Chen Ying decided to purify the alcohol after deliberation.The normal alcohol content of wine in this era is very low, which is about the same as that of beer in later generations, and the most extraordinary is about ten degrees.

Fortunately, at this time, Chen Ying already had the accumulation of distillation technology. After all, he had tinplate in his hand, and he could process distillation vessels. Less than fifteen catties.Chen Ying also knew that the fifteen catties were not alcohol, but a high-grade liquor similar to later generations. The alcohol content was at best similar to that of Yilite or Mendaolu, around 65 degrees.

However, for now this is the best way.

Seeing Chen Ying's tense and concerned expression, Zheng Jian couldn't help being moved, and said with a smile, "Thank you, General Chen, for your rescue."

Chen Ying smiled slightly and said: "You are from the Zheng family, I am from the Eastern Palace, and our princess is also from the Zheng family. We are considered a family, and we can't do nothing... Where did you meet the bandits? Which way is it? The bandits hurt you?"

Chen Ying sounded nice, but in fact he was also a person who had nothing to gain, and the Zheng family in Xingyang was the leader of the Central Plains. After this battle was over, Li Shimin would definitely withdraw to Chang'an.But he wants to stay in the Central Plains. After all, Chen Ying is now the appeasement envoy of Henan Province, responsible for 29 counties in 120 prefectures of Henan Province (in fact, the territory is slightly larger than that of Henan Province in later generations), no matter what Chen Ying thinks of No political achievement in the locality would be possible without the support of the Zheng family.

Talking can divert Zheng Jian's attention and relieve the burning pain caused by alcohol cleaning the wound. Zheng Jian has no doubts when she sees Chen Ying's harmless appearance.

He shook his head and said, "It's not a bandit!"

"It's not a bandit?" Chen Ying was surprised: "It's not a bandit, who could it be?"

The Zheng family in Xingyang, together with the Li family in Longyou, the Li family in Zhaojun, the Wang family in Taiyuan, the Cui family in Qinghe, the Cui family in Boling, and the Lu family in Fanyang, are known as the Seven Schools and Five Wangs in the Northern Dynasties.Not to mention ordinary people, even the emperor can't easily offend them. Li Shimin is powerful enough, but he was also so angry that he wanted to die in the process of fighting against the seven sects and five wang aristocratic clans, but there was nothing he could do.It was Wu Zetian who really suffocated the aristocratic family. She imitated Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and appointed cruel officials.

Zheng Jian gritted his teeth and said, "Dou Jiande is a bandit chieftain!"

At the end of the Sui Dynasty and the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, there were 36 roads against the king and 72 roads of dust and smoke.Dou Jiande is actually a different kind. He was born in a poor family, at most he can be regarded as a small landlord class of the common clan.Guzi has the cunning of a farmer, he occupies Hebei, but the Hebei family clan flirts with Li Yuan, but they don't accept his kindness, thinking that they belong to Hebei, Dou Jiande is also embarrassed to ruthlessly attack them, as long as it doesn't cause trouble , everyone will live in peace.

After coming to Xingyang, something happened that disgusted Dou Jiande.One of Wang Xiaohu's generals, when entering and leaving Xingyang City, rode his horse and ran into an old farmer who couldn't escape. In order to win people's hearts, Dou Jiande not only dealt with this general in public, but also smoked a full twenty Whip, beat this name to a bloody mess.For a time, Dou Jiande's reputation in Xingyang spread rapidly.

Later, due to the Battle of Paomaling, Xia’s army suffered hundreds of serious injuries, and they were inconvenient to move. They were placed in a Zheng’s farm in Sishui Town nearby. Perhaps it was preconceived. Rejecting Dou Jiande's request, the steward of Zheng's other hospital, who probably had his head kicked by a donkey, actually told the soldiers of Xia army brazenly: "Zheng's has money, but not a penny is too much, Zheng's has food, and not a grain is too much." It can be eaten by soldiers of the Xia army!"

That attitude clearly meant not to give Dou Jiande any face. Of course, Dou Jiande is also a kind person, and he patiently went to see Patriarch Zheng, but Patriarch Zheng didn't even let Dou Jiande in through the door. Dou Jiande lost face very much.Wang Xiaohu was furious when he saw that Dou Jiande had been rejected.

Just led a group of soldiers into the Zheng's other courtyard outside the city, and robbed the Zheng's other courtyard completely. In fact, with the food in Liyang Cangcheng, Dou Jiande's food is enough for the soldiers to feed for two hundred days, so there is no shortage of food at all. .Perhaps to vent his anger, Dou Jiande acquiesced in what Wang Xiaohu did.

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

Wang Xiaohu robbed one of the other courtyards of the Zheng family, and all the generals below joined in the looting except for Cao Zhan's troops who were confronting Chen Ying at Paomaling.

Of course the Zheng family has private soldiers, and there are quite a few of them. If they are all added together, there are more than [-] troops, and they are well-equipped.They were scattered in farms all over the country, and there were only a few hundred people in the city, so Zheng Jun couldn't do anything about it.Some farm managers ordered to resist, as long as they saw the blood of the soldiers of the Xia army, they would immediately go berserk like a wounded beast.

For a time, the Zheng family suffered heavy losses.

Only at this time did Zheng think of reasoning with Dou Jiande, but although Dou Jiande promised well, there was no more to follow.

The Zheng family is naturally not willing to stand still, but the strength of the Zheng family is obviously not Dou Jiande's opponent. Now the Zheng family's messengers have spread everywhere to unite with the big clans. You must know that the seven sects and five wangs are married to each other, and they have always advanced together and retreated together. The five surnames and seven families can basically represent most of the families in the world.

Chen Ying was still very puzzled, why Dou Jiande was defeated by Li Shimin. Although it is recorded in "Book of Tang": "In May, Li Shimin thought the time was right, and finally sent troops to fight against Dou. The two sides arrived at the battlefield in the morning, and the Xia army came all over the mountains and plains, but Li Shimin stood firm, and the stalemate continued until noon. Hungry and tired, Li Shimin took the opportunity to attack and personally charged into battle. At that time, Dou Jiande was summoning a group of ministers to gather, and Li Shimin's elite soldiers rushed straight to Dou Jiande's camp. Paralyzed. Although the generals and soldiers of the Xia army fought hard, but the headquarters was destroyed, and finally they were defeated, and as many as [-] were captured."

In history, Li Shimin's Xuanjia cavalry had only more than [-] people. In this time and space, due to the influence of Chen Ying, Li Shimin's Xuanjia cavalry had nearly doubled to more than [-] people. However, at this time the Xuanjia cavalry was at Longmen Pass. It's all over.Not to mention that the Xuanjia Cavalry has been wiped out, even if it has not been wiped out, it is absolutely impossible for Li Shimin to destroy Dou Jiande's entire army in one battle.Although the Xuanjia cavalry is elite, if they are ready to attack, Chen Ying can lead the hook and sickle cavalry to destroy the Xuanjia cavalry in one battle.Of course there is a terrible price to pay.

It is impossible for Dou Jiande's army of tens of thousands and Xuanjia cavalry to be destroyed in one battle.Even if Chen Ying led the hooked and sickle cavalry, he couldn't do it.You must know that most of Dou Jiande's subordinates are infantry, and the hook and sickle cavalry attacking infantry is actually more dangerous than assaulting cavalry formations. Once the infantry is chaotic, even if the horse tramples on it, it can't be rushed for several miles. The impact of the horse will slowly disappear, just like Zhu Can's Like in the Battle of Beimang, he was stuck in the mud and could not advance or retreat.

It is easy for Chen Ying to lead the five thousand hooked spear cavalry to defeat Dou Jiande in one or two games, but it is impossible to wipe them all out.However, history clearly records that Li Shimin used more than 5 cavalry to wipe out tens of thousands of cavalry under Dou Jiande's command in World War I, and took more than [-] prisoners alone.

Now Chen Ying understood what was going on, because Dou Jiande had offended the Zheng family of Xingyang, offended the seven sects and Wuwang, and he had also offended the Shandong aristocratic group.Under the joint boycott of the entire Shandong aristocratic group, failure is inevitable.

Not to mention Dou Jiande's army of tens of thousands, even an army of more than 100 million is the same failure.During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Fu Jian of the former Qin Di tribe in the Northern Dynasties led an army of 110 million and [-] troops, and joined forces for hundreds of miles. They claimed that they could throw whips to stop the flow.

History also does not record why Xie Xuan was able to defeat Fu Jian. However, the factual truth is that Fu Jian invaded the south and destroyed the Eastern Jin Dynasty. The powerful families joined forces to kill Fu Jian.

In terms of strength, the four major Jiangzuo families and the four northern overseas Chinese families are far inferior to the Qizong Wuwang 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's aristocratic families, because Yang Guang's imperial examinations and promotion to a poor family meant that the survival of the aristocratic families was cut off, and the world was in chaos.

Chen Ying raised his sword eyebrows: "Mr. Zheng, don't worry, I will guarantee your safety in my camp. Although Dou Jiande's army is huge, if he wants to destroy my camp, he still lacks a key tooth!"

Zheng Jian said: "General Chen doesn't know something. Dou Jiande's thieves and chieftains are tyrannical. The people and gentry in Henan have suffered for a long time. We hope that the master of the Tang Dynasty will restore Henan..."

The servant who was shot by the arrow said angrily: "They don't ask why, they rushed in when they saw Zheng's Zhuang formation, killed everyone they saw, and robbed everything they saw, even the firewood in the kitchen of the mansion. brute!"

Now the Zheng family has lost a lot in Xingyang, and the loss is in the floating wealth and food, that's all, 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, the seven sects and five are too far away, the only ones who are closest to Xingyang are Chen Ying and General Chen.

Chen Ying smiled bitterly and said: "Mr. Zheng doesn't know something. Although Mr. Chen can defend Hulao Pass, he can only protect himself, but he is powerless to attack! Take the initiative to attack and recover Xingyang. Although Mr. Chen has the intention, he has nothing to do."

At this moment, Guo Luo was holding an urgent report and was about to speak.But when he saw Zheng Jian waiting in the tent of the Chinese army, he subconsciously shut 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 discovered that Xia's army was mobilizing ships and building rafts in Guanzhou (near today's Guancheng District, Zhengzhou).

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 delivering pillows to Chen Ying.

The Zheng family wants people to have money, and they want money to have money. As long as the Zheng family's property in Xingyang can be restored, it will take at most two or three years for the Zheng family to recover.

Zheng Jian said: "I don't know how many troops General Chen needs? Our Zheng family still has [-] young and strong children who can be used by General Chen!"

"It's not enough!" Chen Ying shook his head.

Zheng Jian smiled and said: "Although the Zheng family has suffered heavy losses, they can still give [-] to [-] guan to General Chen to reward the army. I don't know... what does General Chen want?"

Zheng Jian was not only slashed by Xia Jun soldiers, but the key point was that his most beloved concubine fell into the hands of Xia Jun Fan Yuan, and his life and death were unknown.How can we not repay such hatred for seizing love.

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

When Chen Ying heard this, he was calm on the surface, but ecstatic in his heart.Originally Dou Jiande retreated, he wanted to fight against Xingyang and gain greater military exploits.Although he doesn't need these battle achievements, his brothers do.Luo Shixin had just been made a Marquis, and Chen Ying felt a little sorry for Luo Shixin if he didn't get a Duke or County Duke 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 advancement.

"Don't take advantage of it, that's a bastard!"

Chen Ying thought of this, and said with a smile: "Chen has only more than ten thousand troops, Mr. Zheng must have heard that Chen is best at using cavalry, but in the battle of Luoyang, the cavalry under Chen's command did not lose much. , but there are not many war horses left!"

"War horse!" Zheng Jian fell into deep thought.Although Henan lacks war horses, as the number one local tyrant in Henan, the Zheng family in Xingyang naturally still has some war horses. Of course, the number is not many, and it is definitely not as good as the Wang family in Taiyuan and the Li family in Longyou. More than [-] war horses.Although the Zheng family is far less wealthy than the Li family in Longyou, they can still afford thousands of war horses.

Zheng Jian looked at Chen Ying from a distance: "I don't know how many horses General Chen lacks?"

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