In Xingqing Palace, Ma Xiang Zhong Bajie was very happy, and today alone, during the day, he chased and annihilated more than 1,000 scattered soldiers of the Shenwu Army, thwarting their plan to burn and plunder the grain convoy. Although this was only a small victory, it also made him see that the Shenwu Army was not as strong as the legend, and there would be victories and defeats.

The plan to attack Tongguan cannot be delayed any longer, and if it continues to be delayed, homesickness arises in the army, and it will be even more difficult to advance eastward. To this end, he specially summoned Shang Xijie, the general of the Eastern Dynasty, to consult with him. Although Shang Xijie has a certain degree of impulsiveness in his character, he is indeed a rare general in terms of marching and fighting.

Shang Xijie's suggestion is very simple, their main enemy is the Shenwu army, so they only need to annihilate the Shenwu army in Fengyi County in Guanzhong first, and then return to the east of the division to cross the Yellow River, and detour to the east of the river to flank the Shenwu army in Tongguan.

However, in Ma Xiang Zhong Bajie's opinion, this was too risky, even if they successfully eliminated the Shenwu army entrenched in Feng Yijun and were able to go around to Hedong, but what if the Shenwu army in Hedong and the Shenwu army in Tongguan attacked them on both sides?

Shang Xijie patted his chest and said:

"The soldiers are at the speed of God, as long as the speed is fast enough, they will have been wiped out before the Shenwu Army has time to react!"

He is good at quick battles, and he hates the protracted battle of confrontation the most, because once the confrontation starts, it consumes not only food and grass, but also human lives. Tibet is already sparsely populated, and it is difficult for it to withstand large-scale casualties. Just like this time, the dispatch of 200,000 troops has accounted for more than 50% of the entire Tibetan elite men.

"No, when we were in Hexi and the Western Regions, the opponents we faced were only tens of thousands at most, but at this time, in the hinterland of the Tang Dynasty, once they were mobilized, they would be 100,000 at every turn, and if the rival in love did not make a good move, they would kick them on the stone. Instead of taking risks, it is better to attack head-on and closely, and only make a feint attack on Feng Yijun!"

Shang Xijie still insisted on his opinion, but he also made a compromise when he ventured around to the east of the river. He felt that the elimination of Feng Yijun's entrenched Shenwu army should be placed before attacking Tongguan, because if these people were not eliminated, they would be like sharp axes hanging over Tubo's heads, and they could be cut down at any time.

Ma Xiang Zhong Bajie also approved Shang Xijie's suggestion, so he changed to a feint to attack Tongguan and storm Feng Yijun.

While they were deliberating, an attendant suddenly reported:

"Cui Jian paused to see the prime minister in the prison of Jingzhao Mansion!"

Hearing this, Ma Xiang Zhong Bajie was even more pleased, it was really a good thing one after another.

……

Tian Chengsi has been very depressed in recent days, first lost contact with Guo Ziyi, and then several times the Tubo army bit him to the death, if he didn't escape quickly, he was afraid that he would be captured alive.

"General Yu Zhonglang, the casualties today have reached nearly a thousand, and if you don't go back to replenish, I'm afraid the brothers won't be able to hold on!"

The lieutenant's report is more like a warning, he came out this time with about 3,000 people, and more than half of his efforts have been lost in just a few days, it seems that the Tubo people are really not easy to provoke. But if you go back like this, how will you raise your head and be a man in the army in the future?

Compared with ordinary generals of the Shenwu Army, Tian Chengsi has more psychological baggage, first of all, he joined the Shenwu Army as a general of the Angu rebel army, and has always been despised by his colleagues in the army. Because of Qin Jin's appreciation, he had the opportunity to make meritorious contributions along the way and was promoted to Zhonglang General. This promotion speed even far exceeded that of most Shenwu Army generals, and it even provoked many people to stare at him and find fault with him.

It is precisely because of this that Tian Chengsi cannot be easily caught.

If he returns without success this time, not only will he be in trouble, but he will also make Qin Jin fall into criticism.

"You can't just go back, you have to do a big job, and you have a bright face so that you don't fall into the prestige of our brothers!"

The deputy general also agreed with Tian Chenghe's words, but as the saying goes, "it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice", if all the people under him are gone, what else can he do with a big vote?

Suddenly, Tian Chengsi slapped his head, and he had an idea.

"Why didn't I think that we could go to Feng Yijun to borrow troops. ”

Tian Chengsi was right, Feng Yijun is the place where the Shenwu Army rises, and the private sector is the most complete, and as long as you pull out a team of people, you can go to the battlefield at that time. Moreover, when Sun Xiaozhe ravaged Guanzhong a few years ago, these private enterprises had also fought vicious battles on the battlefield, and the soldiers who had seen blood were very different from those pure recruits.

The adjutant general was a little worried.

"Will Zhonglang dare to guarantee that Du Envoy Jun will definitely borrow troops?"

Tian Chenghei has his reasons.

"Can't you underestimate Du Yuanjun, if it's beneficial to the overall situation, how can you refuse?"

To go to Fengyi County, the first thing to cross the Weishui is, after the autumn, the water level of the Weishui drops greatly, Tian Chengsi found a shoal, the river water is only waistless at most, and more than 1,000 people wade through. It is also a great risk to cross the river in this way, if the Tibetans catch up at this time and take advantage of the situation to cover up and kill, there is only a way for them to be wiped out.

But the Tubo people who had been chasing and beating hard just relaxed at this moment and did not catch up, perhaps because of the imminent sunset, all in all, Tian Chenghei brought the men and horses to the north bank of Weishui without danger.

Once you reach the north of Weishui, the atmosphere changes from the south.

As if they had never been invaded, the people worked as usual, and the city gates opened and closed with the sunrise and sunset. So much so that Tian Chengsi felt that he was in the wrong place.

In fact, it is no wonder that the Tubo army is no more than Weishui, and all of them are stationed south of Weishui. After Li Chenghong became emperor, he "surrendered" the magistrates with a single edict, so there was no military disaster north of Weishui, and the order was as usual.

Tian Chengsi felt as if he had discovered a great treasure and felt that this was an opportunity that could not be missed. They can take advantage of the lack of vigilance of the local officials to take these county seats, and even if they give Li Chenghong a dismount, even if they return to Tongguan in the future, they will always boast about their achievements.

In this regard, the adjutant general was quite hesitant.

"Doctor Qin only said that he would attack the Tubo grain road, but he didn't say that he would conquer the county seat arbitrarily!"

"Brainless, isn't the purpose of conquering the county seat also to attack the grain road?"

Tian Chengsi is a temperament that does what he says, as soon as Gaoling passes, there is Liyang in front of him, and it is naturally impossible to turn back, so Liyang has become the first unlucky place.

Liyang is a county town with a radius of only five miles, which looks very inconspicuous, but nine hundred years ago, it was the capital of the Qin State, but after countless wars, it has long been without the atmosphere of the year.

The gates, which were no taller than a foot, began to slowly close after the sound of a drum, and at that moment a horse flew in.

"Don't close the city gate, the messenger of the Son of Heaven has arrived, please ask the county order to wait outside the Wuli Short Pavilion immediately!"

The news of the arrival of the messenger of the Son of Heaven soon caused this ordinary-sized county town to boil, and the people were still second, and the officials of the various government offices were urgently summoned one by one to gather in the county court. Although Liyang is close to Chang'an, it has not been noticed by the imperial court for many years, and there are no angels resting here.

The county commander Zhang Jie was born in a poor family, and he accumulated 30 years of work to make the county order of this Gyeonggi Shang County. For him, it was enough to be proud of his colleagues. Looking at the colleagues who were officials together in the past, some of them are still working in the bitter cold and smoky land, some are depressed and unwilling to return to their hometowns, and some are dressed in loess that have been turned into loess in the war.

Seeing the sunset, Zhang Jie planned to have a few drinks, but suddenly got the news of the angel's arrival, and he didn't care about sifting the hot wine a long time ago, so he immediately dressed up in his regular clothes from the seventh grade, gathered his subordinates, and prepared to go to meet the angel together.

When he led the county officials to rush to the short pavilion, what was waiting for them was a bloody horse chopping knife full of cold and blood. The county court officials who were sent out to fight the front station were already tied up like little chickens, squatting on the ground and shivering.

Without much effort, Tian Chengsi captured the officials of Yueyang County, and the county seat naturally fell into his hands.

However, Tian Chenghe's purpose is not only that. After entering the county seat, he put all the officials of the county in the county court, and at the same time gave them two ways to choose one of them. One of them is to live and sign a document to fight against the emperor and support the king of Shenwu Junqin. The other is a dead end, and stubbornly resisting to the end will naturally not end well.

At first, the county commander Zhang Jie also tried to bargain, but an assistant official who didn't know the height of the sky and the height of the earth spoke disrespectfully to Tian Chenghe, and the horse chopping knife was gently swung down, and a good head rolled to the ground with a strange blood mist.

Once he saw blood, his last bit of luck was thrown out of the clouds, no matter what, saving his life is the first thing, otherwise people are dead, what do you want to do with the reputation behind you?

As a result, the county officials, under the leadership of the county order, signed their names and fingerprints on the rebellion documents.

Tian Chengsi looked at the inscription full of handprints with satisfaction, this inscription was written in a hurry, although the style was average, but it was enough.

"Zhangxian order, how many people in your county can write......?

After that, he couldn't help laughing, but the county officials at all levels below Zhang Jie were worried, like mourning, they knew that once this hope was sent out, it would be equivalent to opening a bow without turning back. And Liyang is only thirty miles away from Chang'an, and the army is coming, so how can they survive?

But Tian Chengsi didn't care what the officials thought, in his opinion, there was no more than one of these rats at both ends, and one less was a lot, and they were clean when they died. There is only one purpose for doing this, that is, to disturb the hearts of the Tibetan army, so that they realize that there is a Shenwu army in their hinterland at this moment, and if they are not faced upon, it will inevitably cause irreparable losses and consequences.