"Gao Xianzhi's troops suddenly attacked the killer, and before the general and others could react, more than a dozen brothers were shot dead on the spot. The last general was fatal, and although he was hit by an arrow, he escaped by luck. ”

He said a lot of words in one breath, which consumed too much of Yang Xingben's strength, he gasped weakly for a while, and continued:

"At that time, I couldn't enter Tongguan, and I was seriously injured, and when the last general left Chang'an, I only heard that the envoy was in Hedong City, so I made a desperate bet, and God blessed, I didn't pounce on it, otherwise I am afraid that the last general's life will be ......."

In Yang Xingben's intermittent narration, Qin Jin understood the whole process, and he could also imagine how difficult it was for Yang Xing to be seriously injured and bumpy to this point, and it was almost a miracle that he did not die on the road.

"You take care of your injuries, there are a thousand armor soldiers outside to protect you, and no one can hurt you here!"

Yang Xingben couldn't hold back tears in his eyes, he asked himself if the rebels were in charge of the negotiations, on the one hand, they had to go under Yang Guozhong's orders, and on the other hand, they were also to find out the truth and prepare for another battle in the future. But if it is said that he collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country, it is a great wrong, Gao Xianzhi is ruthless, obviously treating him as a national thief, and warning the world by killing a hundred people.

Qin Jin left the post house, since he decided to fight a decisive battle with the rebels entrenched in Jiangzhou, he had unfinished business, since he knew that the reason for Yang Xingben's tragic encounter was not that the contradiction between Chang'an and Tongguan had become white-hot, he was finally relieved.

As long as the skin is not torn, there is still room for redemption. It's a pity that Yang Xingben became a victim caught in the power struggle.

When he returned to the county court, he saw Du Qianyun waiting in the courtyard, and this person was full of smirk, and he knew that something was coming at a glance.

"It's good to make you come back, the several roads leading from Guanzhong to the outside of the Guanzhong are broken, the grain outside can't come in, and our gold and silver can't be shipped out. ”

"It used to be unobstructed, why is it not working now?"

Qin Jin walked through the vestibule, bypassing the main hall and going from the cloister to the central hall, while Du Qianyun shook his head and followed behind to explain the reason.

"It's all to blame for this battle of Shangyang Pass, Sun Xiaozhe set up cards everywhere after suffering a loss, all the roads leading to Guanzhong were broken, and the grain was taken away by the rebels...... There is also Gao Xianggong, who has also changed the previous strategy of turning a blind eye to the past, and completely blocked the passage between Guanzhong and Guanwai, which is a big trouble this time. ”

Qin Jin also has some understanding of the traffic inside and outside the Guanzhong, on the surface, it seems that the confrontation between the ** and the Yan army inside and outside the Guan, everything seems to be impassable, but it is only the dangerous pass, from south to north stretching for thousands of miles, there is more than one folk road leading to the Guannei, especially several major rivers such as Danshui and Xiangshui, which is the main passage to communicate between the Guannei and the Jianghuai area.

Judging from the news brought back by Du Qianyun, it must have been the battle of Shangyang Pass that completely intensified the confrontation between the two sides, and then cut off the transportation.

"Although Feng Yijun's grain is also stored, it is only in and out, and he has to be responsible for all the food of the river workers and soldiers, and he will soon be empty. ”

If there is no continuous flow of grain from outside Guanzhong, I am afraid that with high grain prices, we may not be able to buy grain anymore. What Qin Jin is more worried about is that the price of grain in Guanzhong may continue to rise because of the sequelae of the Shangyang Pass War, and once it rises to the point where it is difficult for the people to accept, I am afraid that chaos will be inevitable.

"Have you ever heard that the imperial court has a response?"

As soon as the words were asked, Qin Jin knew that it was in vain to ask, the imperial court could even show favoritism in a big war related to the fate of the country, not to mention the price of rice?

Sure enough, Du Qianyun shook his head worriedly.

"The eyes of the ministers are all staring at Tongguan, how can they care about the rise in rice prices. However, Beixia has just received a secret message from Chang'an, saying that Yang Guozhong intends to make peace with Sun Xiaozhe and is pleading with the Son of Heaven...... If we can really avoid fighting, maybe, maybe it's still a good thing, at least this kind of confrontation between things and the traffic will be over. ”

The two of them entered the central hall of the county court and sat down in their own priorities.

"Don't dream, talk about peace? An Lushan's troops are in full swing, how can they easily stop? Even if they actively make peace, they can only delay time, and in the end they still have to attack Guanzhong and destroy the Tang Dynasty!"

"Annihilated, Tang Dynasty?"

Du Qianyun trembled and repeated, destroying the Tang Dynasty from Qin Jin's mouth is as easy as stepping on an ant, but in Du Qianyun's inherent thinking, the Tang Dynasty is the Huanghuang Heavenly Dynasty, even if An Lushan temporarily gains the upper hand, it will not be easily destroyed, right?

"Don't believe it? If you continue to toss like this, even if An Lushan has no intention of destroying the Tang Dynasty, it is the Tang Dynasty who took the initiative to hand the knife over. Wouldn't it be a fool not to take it?"

"Yes, yes, God doesn't take it, it's indeed a fool......"

Du Qianyun only echoed a few words, and he already saw Khan on his head, although he was not a loyal and filial son, but he was still frightened when he openly discussed the topic of whether the Tang Dynasty was still in the Mandate of Heaven.

"Also, Beixia has adjusted his strategy, increased the price by 30%, and went all out to collect grain in Guanzhong, but he is only worried that when it comes to winter, even if the price is doubled, it will be difficult to get ......."

Qin Jin thought for a while and said:

"Fortunately, the autumn harvest is coming soon, and no matter how much the output is reduced and the harvest is lost, it can be regarded as a grain output, and it should not be a problem to barely support it until the end of the year. ”

"What the envoy said is very true, but what should I do after the year is over?"

Thinking of the food demand and shortage after the New Year, not only Qin Jin was worried, but even Du Qianyun was faintly aware of the difficulties he was about to face, and there was almost no solution.

Qin Jin sighed lightly.

The decisive battle of Jiangzhou is imminent, and this is the first time that the Shenwu army has attacked a tough battle in Hedong, and it can only win, not lose, and the grain must not go wrong. ”

Before the Shenwu army left Chang'an, it had the permission of the political hall to raise its own food locally, which was true that Yang Guozhong threw off the burden and set up obstacles for Qin and Jin, so that he could not get a grain of grain from the Chang'an treasury, but on the other hand, it also gave the Shenwu army enough freedom to make it as free as possible to fight without the influence of the political affairs hall.

For example, the battle of Hedong City, such as the upcoming battle of Jiangzhou. If the grain route of the Shenwu Army is now in the hands of the Political Affairs Hall, and there is no door to start a war easily, I am afraid that the Shenwu Army is still nested west of the Yellow River and it is difficult to advance an inch eastward.

After all, the food problem is still a long-term concern, for Qin Jin, the battle of Jiangzhou in which the Shenwu army pressed the two armies before and after is the biggest problem in front of him, if the battle strategy of Jiangzhou fails, all previous plans are bound to be seriously affected.

After Du Qianyun retreated, Qin Jin locked himself in the house, and pondered how to maximize the use of the cards in his hand on the map, the Shenwu army had 30,000 people, and Huangfu Ke's Shuofang army also had 30,000 people, adding up to more than 60,000 people, although the scale was far from enough to launch a big war that affected the entire Hedong Province, but at least it could affect several nearby counties.

Qin Jin's gaze was fixed on the vicinity of Anyi on the map, leaving all the 30,000 people of Huangfu Ke idle here, which seemed to be a bit of a waste......

Chang'an, Yang Guozhong still couldn't get out of his anger, and Yang Xingben's death stimulated him too much. He is extremely optimistic about this cousin, and even treats him as an outstanding figure of the second generation of the Yang family to cultivate, this time to Sun Xiaozhe's army is a rare opportunity to train, but the people sent out actually died in Tongguan, and they were all cut off by Gao Xianzhi, one by one hanging in the city of Tongguan to show the public.

Yang Xingben's death made him both sad and resentful, but for a person who holds the lifeblood of the imperial court, it is not that revenge can be revenged.

If you want to make progress in this matter, you can only start from the Son of Heaven, Yang Guozhong cried to Li Longji in the Xingqing Palace about Gao Xianzhi's arbitrariness and domineering, and was very aggrieved by the death of his nephew, and even cried for a while.

People's hearts are long, although Li Longji knows that Yang Guozhong is selfish, but the death of his nephew is not fake, seeing him crying pitifully, he also remembered the hard nail that Gao Lishi hit in Tongguan, and he couldn't help but feel a little angry in his heart.

Li Longji has seen a lot of advice from his subordinates in the past 40 years, but it is the first time that someone like Gao Xianzhi has been persuaded with murder and blood. If in the past, if someone dared to be so presumptuous, he would definitely not be spared, but at this time and that time, even if there was dissatisfaction, what could he do? After taking Gao Xianzhi, would there still be a general in the imperial court who could handle it?

So, Li Longji put down his posture and eased his attitude to comfort Yang Guozhong.

"I know that Erlang's death is wrongful, but the matter has come to this point, I can only focus on national affairs, as for Erlang's family, I will be given preferential pensions, and my children can be promoted to officials without exception......"

"Ministers for Erlang thank the saint Longen!"

Yang Xingben was the second in the family, so his close people called him Yang Erlang. Yang Guozhong lay on the ground again and kowtowed three times to Li Longji. But he didn't care about Yang Xing's reward at all, what he cared about was how to use this as an opportunity to attack Gao Xianzhi's status in the heart of the Son of Heaven.

Although the Son of Heaven came forward to speak for Gao Xianzhi, Yang Guozhong could see that the mustard in the heart of the Son of Heaven for Gao Xianzhi was expanding little by little, accumulating into a sea, and sooner or later it would achieve its goal.

Leaving Xingqing Palace, Yang Guozhong immediately put away the sad look on his face, and replaced it with a smug sneer, the purpose of meeting the Son of Heaven this time was achieved, but he was not satisfied with this, and there were more powerful killing moves waiting for him next.

……

The row of blue-black and stinky heads on the wall of Tongguan looked terrifying from afar, both from the rebels and from within the Tang Dynasty. Since the peace talks were revealed, Gao Xianzhi carried out an extremely severe purge in the army, and all those suspected of colluding with the rebels were beheaded.

After killing hundreds of people in a row, the internal purge in the army came to an abrupt end.