As the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Li Longji will definitely not let go of his body and ask his subordinates to agree to the strategy of ceding land and seeking peace. This problem naturally has to be handed over to the prime minister he trusts, but Yang Guozhong has always been on bad terms with Gao Xianzhi, and Wei Fangjin has no old grudges with Gao Xianzhi, but it is doubtful whether this person's words have any weight.

After thinking about it, Li Longji thought of Gao Lishi, whose body was gradually improving. Unlike the vast majority of eunuchs, Gao Lishi has a wide reputation in the government and the opposition, and his connections and prestige are far superior to those of other courtiers. It is better to let Gao Lishi go to Tongguan and explain to Gao Xianzhi the benefits and disadvantages of delaying the army.

"You go to Tongguan. ”

Li Longji was straightforward and said to Gao Lishi, who was accompanying him. Seeing that Gao Lishi's reaction seemed to hesitate slightly, he couldn't help but ask with doubts:

"How?

Colliers no longer hesitated, and responded seriously:

"The sage asked the old slave to go to Tongguan, and the old slave was duty-bound, but the old slave was worried that Gao Xianggong was too loyal and upright, and he refused to change easily, and then he returned in vain, living up to the sage's expectations. ”

Sure enough, Li Longji sighed secretly, his judgment of Gaolishi was really correct, and even he didn't have much hope. But it had to be done, and after a little thought, he asserted:

"Whether you succeed or not, you have to try it to know that it really doesn't work......"

Li Longji suddenly paused, and took back the words that had been issued by the imperial edict, if it could be solved by the imperial edict, why did he bother so much to let Gao Lishi become a lobbyist? He could not afford the reputation of taking the initiative to bow to An Lushan.

"Anyway, do your best, I believe that Gao Xianzhi will definitely focus on the overall situation. ”

Seeing that the Son of Heaven insisted on it, Gao Lishi bowed down and agreed, saying that he would leave for Tongguan on the same day. Li Longji was greatly satisfied with this, and repeatedly admonished:

"Since the death of Bian Lingcheng in Tongguan, there has been no prison army, you can listen to it, there are different discussions in the army. ”

In fact, Li Longji has been selecting suitable candidates who can supervise the army in Tongguan, but because of the death of the eunuchs who are expected to be enough in the Chang'an Mutiny, and those who are convicted are convicted, there are very few people who can be selected. Suddenly, he thought of another person, who was more loyal and capable.

"It's time to transfer Zhang Fuchen back, I heard that he still has some achievements in Hedong Road, so it is better to let him go to Tongguan, and make the best use of it. ”

In this regard, Gao Lishi also deeply agreed, Zhang Fuchen and his people are loyal to the Son of Heaven, and they are loyal, and they will not compete for power and profit like Yu Chaoen and Cheng Yuanzhen, and do some villain deeds, so as to damage the country's affairs.

"It's just that most of Hedong has been repeatedly harassed by the rebels in Hebei Province, and it is not easy to return to Chang'an in a short time. ”

Zhang Fuchen was originally ordered to go to Hedong Road to find Changqing, but after he left, the An Lushan rebels had completely controlled Hebei Province, and marched to Taiyuan with greater efforts, besieging the city for several months without retreating. As a result, Zhang Fuchen was forced to stay in Shifu, Fenzhou and other places, and summoned part of the scattered Hedong Army to confront the rebels. However, in the end, it was difficult to have an effect because of the weak strength, and he could only be surrounded and intercepted by the rebels, and he was exhausted.

It wasn't until last month, when Shi Siming was defeated in Hebei Province, that Zhang Fuchen breathed a sigh of relief and took the opportunity to enter the northern capital Taiyuan.

However, the situation in the entire province of Hadong is still not optimistic, and the shadow of rebels appears everywhere. It's like Hedong City, which is across the river from Pujin, and it almost fell into the hands of the rebel Sun Xiaozhe.

Hedong City is the choke point of communication between Guanzhong and Hedong Road, once lost, the imperial court will inevitably lose the weak connection between Hedong and Hebei resistance.

"It's easy to say, didn't Qin Jin just win the battle of Hedong City, let him send someone to Taiyuan to pick up Zhang Fuchen. ”

Li Longji believed that he had to make the best use of Qin and Jin, and since he had the courage to take the initiative to find the bad luck of the rebels in Hedong, he naturally had enough ability to clear the traffic road between Taiyuan and Pujin.

This sudden thought made Li Longji feel excited.

Since the fall of the eastern capital of Luoyang last year, the imperial court has only been able to maintain a weak connection with Hebei Province and Hedong Province, and even the two Huaijiang provinces. The main reason is that the main roads leading to various places in Guanzhong have been affected by the rebels, and they can no longer be unblocked.

Qin Jin's Shenwu army has always shown a strong face, and now letting him fight against the An Lushan rebels is just to make the best use of everything.

"I ordered Qin Jin to clear the rebels wandering on the road from Taiyuan to Pujin. ”

Colliers agrees with this.

"The old slave thought that since Qin Jin was allowed to lead the army to fight in Hedong, it was better to entrust the dispatch of the military envoy, so that it would be a good thing to contact the ** scattered everywhere. ”

The original intention of this proposal was to integrate the ** scattered in the southern counties of Hedong Province as much as possible, but Li Longji shook his head after hearing it and did not agree.

The reason is very simple, he can only let Qin Jin use the name of Feng Yijun Taishou, and will never let him send the righteous god to Hedong in the name of the military envoy. Both use and prevention are the most basic principles of Li Longji, and Qin and Jin must not be allowed to expand their influence in the local area without restrictions.

But after thinking for a while, Li Longji suddenly spoke:

"The Emperor Fu Ke is the envoy of the five counties in the southern part of Hedong Province, and he is responsible for the promotion and cooperation with the Shenwu Army. ”

Gao Lishi frowned, the most taboo in the army is to order many doors, the Son of Heaven carried the emperor out of the emperor, obviously not good-hearted, just afraid that it would provoke the two tigers to fight. However, worry is worry after all, and he did not raise any objections, nor did he intend to dissuade the Son of Heaven.

In any case, the Son of Heaven is doing this on the basis of consolidating power, so what reason does he have to dissuade him?

After bidding farewell to the Son of Heaven, Gao Lishi set off to Tongguan overnight, regardless of his initial recovery. There was another horse team galloping out of Chang'an City with Gao Lishi, but the destination was to rush to Hedong City on the east bank of the Yellow River via Feng Yijun.

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In order to solve the problem of attrition of the Shuofang army under the command of Huangfu Ke in the battle, Qin Jin not only added all the old departments of Ashina Congli after they were disrupted and reorganized, but also recruited local good families and formed a large number of united soldiers. The local government treasury is responsible for the use of military funds, and the daily training is all carried out using the inherent methods of the Shenwu Army, and some military generals are transferred to give them some command.

Qin Jin did this because he wanted to arm the local people as much as possible without causing misunderstanding in the imperial court, so that when the rebels came, they could fight back.

After observing the Qin and Jin Dynasty's methods of military training, Huangfu Ke couldn't help but be amazed, there was nothing peculiar about it in this way, how could a newly formed army defeat the battle-hardened Shuofang army?

At first, Huangfu Ke thought that Qin Jin was hiding his own secrets, but it wasn't until the Shenwu Army successively felt Hedong City from Feng Yi that he found out that the Shenwu Army itself was also using this kind of military training method. What made him even more admired was that Qin Jin was not afraid to tell Huang Fu Ke everything in the Shenwu Army. Even the requirements of the emperor are all responded.

In this way, Huang Fuke even felt a little ashamed of his previous thoughts. After all, it is you who speculate on others with the heart of a villain. On the contrary, Qin Jin himself was frank and frank with Huangfu Ke, and knew everything and said everything.

As a result, Huangfu Ke became more and more convinced of the young man Qin Jin.

According to Qin and Jin, after the defeat of the Yan army at Hedong City, they did not all return to the south of the Yellow River, but drove eastward to avoid the cavalry of Wuhu Huaizhong.

But this advantage of ** is only temporary, once the Yan army gains a firm foothold, as soon as the morale is restored, it will immediately make a comeback.

At that point, they have lost the advantage of their previous raids, and they are not superior in numbers, and their situation is bound to become difficult.

Although the newly formed united army can make up for it to a certain extent in terms of numbers, it will eventually become an army for a short period of time, and it will be difficult for it to form sufficient combat effectiveness in a short period of time. Qin Jin didn't expect these united soldiers to be able to create a miracle under Xin'an City again, after all, miracles can be repeated again and again. He doesn't pin all his hopes on unreliable miracles.

Therefore, transferring the Shenwu army to Hedong City has become the best way. The 10,000 Shenwu army, as well as the 10,000 auxiliary troops composed of Feng Yi's local good family, arrived smoothly seven days after the Battle of Hedong City.

Qin Jin's eyes were not only on Hedong City, Hedong City belonged to Hedong County, Hedong Province, and was originally the county governance of Hedong County, but the county Taishou and the county order were all missing after the last rebel invasion, so it can be said that the entire Hedong County was trapped in a situation where they were fighting their own battles.

In order to enhance the self-protection ability of Hedong City, a dry county town along the river became his goal. Yuxiang, Xie County, Anyi and Sangquan north of Xiangshui, Baoding. These places are all rich places in Hedong County, and if they are integrated, they are enough to be bundled into a sustainable resistance force.

The ability of Qin Jin and the Shenwu army was limited, and it was difficult to clear the counties of Hedong Province other than Hedong County without the strong support of the imperial court and the premise of sufficient name, so he could only base himself on the present and keep the important place from Guanzhong to Hedong Province for the imperial court.

As for the overall battle, you can only look at Gao Xianzhi in Dunbing Tongguan.

"I heard that Gao Xianggong beheaded 100,000 in the first battle of Shangyang Pass, and the rebel army suffered a heavy setback, let's say that we can be stable for three or two months. ”

Lu Qi was reactivated from the Hegong camp and continued to lead the Shenwu Army, and now that he came to Hedong City, he deeply regretted that he had missed the next battle in Hedong City. Therefore, he expressed his admiration for the rumors of the great victory in Tongguan, and said that he could stop the sword soldiers for three or two months, in fact, he hoped more than anyone else that he would be able to fight a big battle with the rebels immediately.

How could Qin Jin not see Lu Qi's thoughts?

"Don't worry, what are you doing when you are transferred to Hedong City? Sooner or later, a fierce battle awaits ahead. ”

But when it comes to the vicious battle, the smile on Qin Jin's face is disappearing little by little, the vicious battle is ahead, can the Shenwu Army withstand the test?