Twilight.

Outside Linshuo Palace

A guard reported to Yang Tong: "Your Highness, General Li Jing has arrived!" ”

"Where are the people?" Yang Tong said happily.

"Shangshu Province!"

"I see!"

The layout of Linshuo Palace is similar to that of Daxing Palace, with the imperial city where officials work in front and the palace where the royal family lives in the back.

The group walked to Hengjie, Yang Tong asked Xiao Wu to return to the palace, and he and Luo Shixin walked quickly to Shangshu Province.

When I arrived at the Yamen of Shangshu Province, all the officials were there.

Looking at the new arrival, this person is forty years old, with a dignified body, a dignified appearance, wearing a collar and a whitewashed green shirt, a civil and military double-strand silk tied around his waist, with an extraordinary temperament and a dignified appearance.

Yang Tong is sure that this person is Li Jing.

really

was expected by him.

Li Jing hurriedly took the letter from his bosom and saluted: "Li Jing, the official of Mayi County, pays a visit to His Royal Highness the King of Qin!" He was ordered by the imperial court to serve in Jizhou. ”

Yang Tong put away the transfer letter, and at the same time glanced at him. really has a bit of Confucian demeanor, and said with a smile: "Don't be polite with me, let alone come by order of the imperial court, when I was in Luoyang." I've heard of the general's name, and now I have a heavy responsibility, and I don't have a figure like the general, so I'm going to ask you to come. The aggrieved general was appointed as the secretary of the Jizhou Military Department, the owner of the Jingwu Pavilion, and the first-class martial arts bachelor, and helped me deal with Jizhou military affairs in the future. ”

Li Jing looked excited, and he didn't expect that he would directly let Yang Tong reuse it as soon as he came. This official residence of the Shangshu of the Jizhou Military Department is sixteen grades higher than his Xiajun from the eighth grade, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is one step to the sky.

"Your Highness! Minister Li Jing will never live up to His Royal Highness's love! Li Jing thought that he was so taken seriously, and his spirit flew for a while.

Li Jing is happy!

Yang Tong is even happier!

Charging into battle, there are Qin Qiong, Luo Shixin, Pei Xingyan, Niu Jinda, and Wei Chigong; marching and strategizing, there are military gods Li Jing, as well as potential stocks Su Dingfang, Xue Wanjun, and Xue Wanche; There are Yang Gongren, Yang Shidao, Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng, Xue Wanshu, Xue Wanshu; Education, there is Kong Yingda

Although there are few people, all of them are top talents, and there are six future prime ministers alone.

With them as staff and thugs, Yang Tong's confidence is unprecedented!

After greeting each other one by one, Yang Tong knew that the reason why Yu Chigong came to Zhuo County was because Li Jing found that he had the talent of a fierce general, and he learned that Jizhou was a heavy cold soldier, so he said that Wei Chigong, who made a living from iron, came to invest.

Li Jing was also very happy to hear that Wei Chigong was found on the street by Yang Tong and reused it, which shows that Yang Tong's style of focusing on talent regardless of background is not just talking.

Yang Tong asked Li Jing, "Pharmacist, what do you think of Hedong staying behind in Li Yuan?" ”

Li Jing was stunned and said, "Li Yuan? ”

Yang Tong nodded and said, "It is said that Li Yuan is honest and cowardly. The medicine man's Ma Yi is under his jurisdiction, what do you think of this person? ”

Li Jing hesitated for a moment, and then said solemnly: "It's not that Weichen is talking bad about people behind his back!" Li Yuan is a person who is inconsistent on the outside; It seems to be loyal on the outside, but in fact it is insidious and deceitful, and he is timid on the surface, but he is actually ambitious. ”

Yang Tong said: "How can you see it? ”

Li Jing said respectfully: "After Li Yuan was promoted to the ambassador of Hedong comfort the year before last, he first defeated Liukou Mu Duan'er and recruited more than 20,000 people, and then defeated the Jiangzhou thief Chai Baochang and reduced his crowd to tens of thousands; After officially serving as Taiyuan last year, he recruited the snitch Zhen Zhai'er again, and won a complete victory in the battle of the Bird Mouse Valley, and got tens of thousands of strong. ”

Yang Gongren was surprised: "Didn't you say that all of them were dismissed for the people?" ”

Li Jing sneered: "Wang Wei, the deputy left-behind guard of Hedong, once told General Wang Rengong, the Taishou of Mayi, that when he checked his household registration, he found that those who were dismissed as people were all old and weak women and children, and more than 60,000 young and strong people were not recorded in the official register. After being reported and impeached by Lord Wang Wei, Li Yuan drank and had fun every day, robbed the people's daughters, and occupied the fertile land! ”

Yang Gongren said in a deep voice: "Deliberately defile yourself and confuse the holy hearing." ”

"Exactly!" Li Jing said: "Li Yuan is indeed idle, but he secretly ordered his second son Li Shimin to travel all over Hedong Road and Henan Province, make friends with local heroes, recruit outlaws, and recruit all kinds of talents. ”

Everyone gasped, in this way, Li Yuan's plan is big!

Only then did Yang Tong understand that Li Yuan had already been prepared, and in this way, he already had nearly 100,000 troops in his hands.

"Your Highness, the minister thought that he would immediately go to the Holy Lord and arrest Li Yuan!" Yang Shidao suggested.

"Never!"

Fang Xuanling said calmly: "Although my Great Sui has not reached the last moment of disintegration, judging from the information fed back from all over the country, in addition to Guanzhong Tuqutong's loyalty to quell the rebellion, generals like Wang Shichong are secretly accumulating strength. Therefore, I have reached a very dangerous moment in Dasui. ”

"The reason why these people are not triggered, first, is because not all of them are willing to turn their backs on the Great Sui, and if they come out at this time, they will be attacked by the army loyal to the Great Sui, and Yang Xuangan's lesson of defeat makes them have to be cautious; Second, the civil unrest such as Wagang is far from shaking the foundation of the Great Sui; 3. Afraid of the Jizhou Army, before His Royal Highness has no one to restrain him, those who are close to him with bad intentions will not dare to act rashly. ”

Speaking of this, Fang Xuanling said to everyone: "Li Yuan has achieved the climate, once he is pierced, he will definitely be opposed!" ”

"At this time, the saint was locked in Jiangdu by the Wagang coalition army, and the road to counterinsurgency has been cut off, if the Jiangdu army forcibly went north, the first enemy to face was Du Fuwei in the Jianghuai area, not to mention the defeat, the war alone was in a stalemate, and those emperors of the Southern Dynasty must raise troops to respond to peace, and then Jiangdu was in a hurry, if the saint made a mistake, then the Great Sui would fall apart. Therefore, those who can calm Li Yuan can only rely on His Royal Highness and the Yan King of Luoyang and the acting king of Chang'an. ”

"And the king of Yan, who is in the Central Plains, fights the Wagang coalition army in the east of Xingyang, fights Zhu Cang in the west, and in the south, and guards against Jianghuai Du Fuwei going north. If Li Yuan rebelled, King Yan was unable to go north to Hedong. ”

"Li Yuan is a descendant of Li Hu of the Eight Great Pillars of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and although he has declined, he still has immeasurable influence among the powerful people in Guanzhong. And he is the nephew of the Dugu valve in Guanzhong, the son-in-law of the Dou valve, if he rebels, even if these two clans do not respond openly, they will secretly give people and materials to support, with these three major valves in front, the major magnates in Guanzhong, who have great contradictions with the Great Sui, must follow! Once the elite of the king is exhausted, Guanzhong, which has no strong troops to deter, will definitely become the bag of Guanlong's magnates! In this way, only His Highness can make a move! ”

After listening to Fang Xuanling's analysis, everyone realized that once Li Yuan rebelled, it would not only be a matter of Hedong Dao, but would even determine the ownership of the world.

Yang Shidao pondered for a while and said, "Although there is only one army in Jizhou, with 300,000 strong soldiers in Jizhou and countless militia soldiers, it is not difficult to pacify a Li Yuan. ”

Fang Xuanling's eyes flashed with a hint of wisdom, and he said: "My lord's words are extremely true, it is not difficult for me to pacify Li Yuan in Jizhou, but in our north, there is still a Turk with millions of soldiers. ”

Yang Tong's pupils shrank, he could be regarded as having seen the horror of this mastermind, Fang Xuanling's far-reaching vision and vast strategy were really shocking, indeed, if Li Yuan really did this, as long as he won the country, a little reputation was nothing.

Everyone gasped!

They all think that Fang Xuanling's words are by no means alarmist!

This February!

Shuo Fang Ying Yanglang raised troops against the Sui in all Liang divisions. In March, he captured Diaoyin, Honghua, Yan'an and other counties, proclaimed himself emperor, the country name Liang, built the Yuan Yonglong, and attached himself to the Turks.

Guo Zihe started in Yulin, proclaimed himself the king of Yongle, and Jianyuan Chouping. In the south, it is connected to the Liang division, and the north is attached to the Turks.

The Turkic Shibi Khan canonized Liang Shi as "Dadu Viga Khan" and Guo Zihe as "Pingyang Tianzi......

Shibi Khan's intention to interfere in the internal affairs of the Great Sui and support the internal fighting of the Great Sui is well known to passers-by. He now wishes that the Great Sui would have a few more anti-Sui and anti-Sui kings who are loyal to him, so that he can get a large amount of 'tribute' without spending a single soldier.

If Li Yuan was loyal to the Turks, Shibi would not only accept them, but even send troops to help. At that point, Jizhou faced not only Li Yuan, who had the support of Guanlong's magnates, but also the Turks who controlled the strings with millions of people.

"According to Xuan Ling's intentions, what should our army do?" Yang Tong asked.

A hint of wisdom flashed in Fang Xuanling's eyes, "Judging from the information brought by Senior Brother Yao, Li Yuan will undoubtedly be opposed. According to the minister's opinion, immediately march to Yanmen and Mayi, as long as the Great Wall is in hand, the Turks who are not good at attacking the city are helpless even if they have millions of male soldiers. When the time comes, it will be much easier to deal with just one Li Yuan. ”

Hedong Road, there are two Great Walls.

One is the outer Great Wall, in the north of Mayi, from Yulin County in the west, to the Taihang Mountains in the east, the section from Yulin to Zihe was built by Yang Guang, and the eastern section was built in the Gaoyang period of the Northern Qi Dynasty.

The second Great Wall, from the west to the outer Great Wall, to the east to Heng Mountain. It is linked to Lou Fu Pass, Xi Cheng Pass (later Yanmen Pass), Reverse Horse Pass, and Bauhinia.

South of Xichengguan is the center of Hedong, the important town of Taiyuan; To the north, is the Mayi Basin, and the Great Wall to the north is Dingxiang County.

Outside the Great Wall, there is the Monan grassland south of Yinshan, when the Sui Dynasty received the defeated Qimin Khan to dye the south, placed him in Monan, and built a city to live! Since then, the Turks have always set up the Khan's court in the south of the desert, instead of the deep north of the desert in the Dujin Mountain.

Qimin Khan died in the fifth year of the Great Cause, and was succeeded by his eldest son Ashina Luji, who was the first Khan. Through the efforts of Qimin and Shibi Khan, Shibi Khan has conquered all the eastern steppes and can be regarded as the overlord of the vast Turkic steppe east of Jinshan.

After many years of recuperation, especially after owning the fertile pastures of Monan, the Eastern Turks developed rapidly, and now they have 400,000 people who control the strings, and the Khitan, Xi, and Murwei and other eastern tribes that were destroyed by Yang Dong, as well as the Tiele tribes have all submitted to him.

Originally, there were millions of people who controlled the strings, and Shibi Khan was still a little afraid of the Great Sui.

But Yang Guang was not the kind of quiet lord, he followed Pei Ju's advice and followed the example of Changsun Sheng to split the Gu Turks again.

Pei Ju sent someone to meet with Shibi Khan's younger brother Qiji, and even the Khan was conceived for Qiji, so he sealed the southern khan and wanted to help him fight against Shibi. But as a result, Da Sui found a pig teammate.

Not only was he not happy, but he was afraid to tie up the envoy to Shibi and tell him all about it.

Shibi Khan was angry and directly sent the heads of the envoys back to the Central Plains. and is ready to sever relations with the Great Sui.

As soon as Pei Ju inquired, he learned that there was a person named Shi Shu Huxi under Shibi Khan, this guy was very capable, if he could kill him, then Shibi Khan was not to be afraid.

Yang Guang listened to Pei Ju again, so he deceived Shi Shu Hu Xi to the border, and then sent someone to kill him, and also sent someone to send Shi Shu Hu Xi's head back to Shi Bi, and said that Shi Shu Hu Xi wanted to betray the Turks and surrender.

Such a bad excuse, of course Shibi Khan did not believe it. He was already extremely dissatisfied with Da Sui, and now he broke out.

And Yang Guang was still self-righteous and thought that he had stopped the beginning. And decided to take an army of 150,000 to the north! to demonstrate against the Turks.

As a result, Shibi Khan took advantage of the characteristics of his army to fight and hunt, and led 400,000 troops to Yanmen, saying to Yang Guang that he was hunting here, and he did not offend. In the case of Yang Guang's intentions, Yang Guang was trapped in Yanmen in one fell swoop, if it weren't for Princess Yicheng's death, maybe Yang Guang would have let the Turks capture.

Although Yang Guang escaped, the Monan grassland 'south of Yinshan - north of the Outer Great Wall' had completely fallen into the hands of Shibi Khan.

Shibi Khan made many expeditions to the south, but Wang Rengong, the commander of Mayi County, had been on the battlefield for decades, and he was no less able to fight than Yang Yichen, and he repelled Shibi Khan again and again, and firmly put the inner and outer Great Wall in the hands of the Great Sui.

Wang Rengong was loyal to the Great Sui, and if Yang Tong stated his righteousness and sent a large army to settle in, he would definitely support it.

"Okay, just according to Xuan Ling's opinion......"

Before he could finish speaking, a guard hurried in.

"Urgent report, Liu Wuzhou, the captain of Ma Yi Yingyang, killed the Taishou Wang Rengong and started an incident, gathered more than 50,000 troops, and attached himself to the Turks."