Two quarters later, when Li Jing walked in from the outside. found that the Red Whisk Girl was no longer lifeless and dying at the beginning.

At this time, although her state is not yet radiant and radiant, it can also be described by the words 'energetic'.

Li Jing couldn't help but be suspicious, and glanced at Li Shimin at the top place. I thought to myself, this guy, could it be that he used some kind of spell on the Red Whisk Girl, or was it a spell Gu or something? Otherwise, why did Yang Hongfu suddenly change his appearance?

"She has already agreed to cooperate, so I will ask Shi Luosha and Yang Yun to send her to the Yamen of Chang'an Embroidery Guard. These two are pretty good, so you don't need to worry. On the side of Xiuyiwei, I also have connections, so I won't let Yang Hongfu suffer. ”

"My lord, I can't rest assured. It's just—"

Li Jing's voice paused, and his face hesitated: "My lord, do you have to be at this time?"

"If it's not at this time, do you have to wait for the Son of Heaven to really go deep into Liaodong?"

Li Shimin asked sharply: "I believe you can also see that Yang Xuangan is about to raise the flag, just waiting for a suitable time." ”

Li Jing was silent when he heard this, and only hugged his fist towards Li Shimin with a little admiration on his face,

He knew the latter's plan, this was not to let the Duke of Chu wait until the Son of Heaven was mired in the war in Liaodong to launch a rebellion, it was better to force the former to rebel before this, and the Son of Heaven's plan to conquer Liao would go bankrupt.

In this way, whether it is for the Great Sui Imperial Court or for the whole world, it will be of great benefit, and it can minimize the losses of the people in the rebellion.

This was not conducive to Li Shimin's body, and put the young Kaifu Lord in an extremely dangerous situation.

Then the Duke of Chu doesn't need to think about it, it will naturally hate it to the bone and try its best to fight back.

If the Son of Heaven learns the truth, I'm afraid he won't have any good opinion of Li Shimin. This man was anxious to regain face from Goguryeo - this was also the top priority in the mind of the Son of Heaven.

Anyone who corrupts the Son of Heaven's plans may provoke his thunderous wrath.

"This matter must be kept strictly secret, and the confession of the red whisk must not be leaked until it reaches the case of the Son of Heaven. ”

Li Shimin explained with a solemn expression: "This is not only for the people of the whole world, my national fortune of the Great Sui, but also for Yang Hongfu's future life and death, you and my net worth, do you understand?"

"No need for an adult!"

Li Jing smiled bitterly: "The lower officials understand the stakes. ”

Li Shimin bowed slightly: "You, Pharmacist Li, are naturally a real smart person." Then the 2,000 elite soldiers here will also be handed over to you as the pharmacist?"

Li Jing was also unequivocal: "My lord is going to go, and the lower officials guarantee that before resisting Lingwu, they will never lose a single soldier!"

Li Shimin smiled with satisfaction, and then he got up directly and walked straight to the front yard, turning over his sweaty dragon horse. With more than 30 people, he galloped out of the ancestral house of the martial arts Li family.

It was not long after Li Shimin finally embarked on the trip to Lingwu County. Zhang Yurou, who had been walking with him, finally couldn't help complaining: "You guy, you always like to do some thankless things." ”

When Li Shimin heard this, he sighed slightly: "Who made me still have strong blood and blood? I thought about putting up with it, just as if I couldn't see it, but I really couldn't bear it." When the lives and deaths of millions of people are involved, how can we turn a blind eye?"

Zhang Yurou not only snorted softly when she heard this, she looked dissatisfied, but in the depths of her eyes, a trace of tenderness flashed.

It was Li Shimin who made her fall in love with her.

"Just pray, pray that the Son of Heaven will not notice these little acts of yours. He won't praise you for exposing the conspiracy of the Duke of Chu, and the commander blames you for ruining his second expedition to Liao. That person is full of confidence in his own gentle strategy, and he is confident that he can solve all problems after the success of the expedition."

After Zhang Yurou snorted softly, a strange color appeared in her eyes: "Then again, do you really want to help that Yang Hongfu, let her get what she wants, and marry her sweetheart?"

"Is it impossible?"

Li Shimin asked rhetorically with a smile, after all, at the beginning, the Red Whisk Girl herself refused to believe it, which made him spend a lot of words explaining.

Zhang Yurou was also present at the time, so she naturally understood the truth.

"I'm not as easy to fool as she is. ”

Zhang Yurou sneered: "That woman is trapped by love, and she can't see even a glimmer of hope." Erlang, you do what you like, and you naturally have to control his life. ”

"You're wrong, what I just said is not completely nonsense, the red whisk girl followed Yang Su, and she has been mixed between the high gates and big lords since she was a child, and she knows the way of it. Besides, this woman is now in a clear mind, and she still has basic judgment, and if I am all coping, where can I move her? As you said, she sees hope and will be subject to me. ”

Li Shimin shook his head and retorted: "Of course I will do my best, if I can let Yang Hongfu get what I want one day, then I, Li Shimin, may be satisfied." ”

When he said this, he smiled and turned to look at Zhang Yurou: "No matter what, I'll give her a life, right? Buddhism has clouds, and saving people's lives is better than building a seventh-level floating slaughter, which should not be blamed." ”

Zhang Yurou was dumbfounded, speechless.

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Wugong is far from Pingliang, about more than 500 miles. However, due to the obstruction of the mountains and rivers along the way, it is not as straightforward as the royal road from Luoyang to Chang'an, and there is no shore for traffic, so although Li Shimin and others are one person and three horses, they galloped for most of the day and night, and they still only felt the vicinity of Yinpan County in Anding County.

When they arrived, they could only stop for a while, only because the embroidered guards intercepted him in the middle of the road and brought them new news. After Bai Yusa captured Lingwu Town, he went south along the Yellow River, and in one day, he connected the two border towns of Huaiyuan and Hongjing. and laid down the city of Lingwu County. After that, they bypassed the three towns of Huile, Feng'an, and Mingsha, and the soldiers were directed at Pingliang.

It is said that the number of soldiers under his command has expanded to 19,000, of which nearly 10,000 are cavalry alone.

And most of these rebels, except for some who stayed in Lingwu and other places, have already reached the border of the two counties. In addition, in Pingliang County, there were also two horse thieves with a scale of 1,000 people who responded and captured Shimen County.

"That's fast—"

Zhang Yurou was also surprised by this: "The generals and deputy generals of Huaiyuan Town and Hongjing Town, are they all waste?"

This is the 'Shangzhen' of the border army, with 6,000 troops! And they are all elite soldiers who have fought against the Turks in the north for many years.

But even with so many soldiers and horses, and a strong city to hold onto, the generals of these two towns couldn't hold out for even half a day.

"I can't blame them, the incident happened suddenly, and the two places were infiltrated too deeply by Bai Yusao, where can I hold it in a hurry? Even I am helpless in this situation. You need to know that that there is the foundation of Bai Yushao's lair, if you can't even take these two towns. This Lingwu hero is too unworthy of his name. What's more, the armies of these two towns are not completely annihilated. The generals of the two towns took the initiative to evacuate after seeing that they could not do anything, and regrouped more than ten miles away, and still retained two or three thousand men and horses under their command, which is already very good, and there is no need to be harsh. ”

Li Shimin said while pointing to the map and said: "They are also very timely in transmitting the warning signal, Huile, Feng'an and other towns can respond in time, and the local town generals are also decisive, and they can clean the whole city at the first time, and they don't give Bai Yusa a chance to steal the city." ”

"But Bai Yu's use of troops is also very bold and sharp, and he directly bypassed these four towns and directly pointed his troops at Pingliang. ”

Tang Jian sneered: "I bet that this guy must have been promised by some people, and he thinks he is 100% sure of winning the Longxi Pastoral Prison." ”

Unless this Bai Yusao is here, he is confident that he can win in Pingliang and get enough food, grass and armor. As the capital for him to continue his conquest.

"Today's Longxi pastoral supervisor is indeed frequent. ”

Beside them was a young man in a red robe.

- Li Shimin also has such an official robe, which is a unique costume of embroidered clothes and guards.

And the young man who interjected was Wang Ze, the embroidered general in charge of Longxi.

They mobilized troops, but they did not intend to stick to the pastoral prison, but scattered all over the place, and continued to send supplies to Qianqian Village, but the wall here was in disrepair, and the location was outside Xiaoguan. ”

"Sure enough, there is internal and external collusion to send materials to Qianli Village, this is because I am afraid that Bai Yushao's grain and grass and military funds are not enough?"

Tang Jian frowned: "Since you embroidered guards know that something is wrong, do you just watch them like this? These people are suspected of rebellion, this is within your power and responsibility, right?"

"We embroider clothes and guards, in the Longxi area, there are only 1,000 people in total. If you put it in Longxi, there are only thirty or fifty people, and it will be very conscientious to be able to spread the news,"

Wang Ze looked helpless: "Besides, those people in Longxi Pastoral Prison, since they are determined to destroy the evidence of the crime by Bai Yushao's hand, what can we do about it?"

"So what about Xiao Guan?"

Li Shimin frowned again at this time and asked, "Can you hold it over there?"

Xiaoguan is located in Liupan Mountain in Pingliang County, in the southeast of Zhiping Gaocheng in Pingliang County, and is one of the four dangerous passes in Guanzhong.

It is necessary to know that the Pingliang generation is mainly a valley lowland cut by rivers such as the Wei River and the Jing River. The direction of the Wei River is more steep, and the direction of the Jing River is relatively easy.

This pass lies in the northwest of Guanzhong, which is the northwest barrier of Guanzhong, and is also the main road to enter Guanzhong from Longshang. Out of the southeast, you can drive directly to the Central Plains of a large area of fertile soil, cross the Yellow River in the north to the Turkic steppe, and go west to Longshang, Hexi and other places.

And Xiao Pass is on the side of the Jing River, standing in the pass of Liupan Mountain, guarding the passage from the direction of the Jing River into Guanzhong.

In the "Historical Records and Chronology" of the entry into the capital of Guanzhong Suoyin, there is a note: "East Han Valley, South Kunwu, West Sanguan, North Xiao Pass", which is said to be "according to the shoulders of the eight counties, the key to the three towns", is the north gate of Guanzhong, and protects the safety of the northwest generation of Guanzhong.