Youzhou took two counties in half a year, and when he heard that he was talking to the city guard of Hejian County, Li Shimin felt a lot of pressure.

If Hejian County is taken by Li De, Penglai may not be affected after the closest distance, and he is helpless about it.

He can only use some means to delay time as much as possible, and by the way, he is also talking about the affairs of Hejian County, for which he has decided to make a comeback with great benefits.

For negotiations, in the recovery of the city and county, Youzhou's power is huge, but it will change the system and take over the work of the city guard, and in the end it is those county guards who will suffer.

Li Shimin talked to them about it easily, and the conditions given were nothing more than power and money, and the conditions were extremely lenient anyway.

It's a pity to talk about the core competitiveness, Youzhou's reputation is needless to say, the reason why it has not been talked about is because there are 50,000 soldiers and horses in Boling County, and some large households in the county need the county guard to dredge.

Not all counties are poor.

Gao Cheng and Zhang Jin had long known what the situation of the cities and counties to be recovered was, and the reason why they did not choose to use force was to maximize the benefits.

They were counting on a peaceful settlement of several cities and counties, avoiding the fact that the killings would give a good impression when they recovered more cities.

As for those who still want to be officials, there is really no way, unless they are really capable, they will not stay in office.

Reconquest is not a compromise, and rules need to be established at the root.

Luoyang, the anti-kings will communicate in private, and they think that it is good to recover some small cities and counties if they can't recover the big cities.

Why did they choose to go to the cottage at that time?

They didn't think that the state capitals with Emperor Yang of Sui and those without Emperor Yang of Sui were different, and now the emperors of the Sui Dynasty were divided into three, and it was unknown who they listened to.

The county guards do not have the ambition to fight for hegemony, so owning a city and county is a hot potato, not only to be taken advantage of by powerful forces, but also to worry about the food and salary of the garrison.

With the help of the people of the city and county, it was really difficult to support those taxes and fees, and they thought that since they didn't know which emperor to be loyal to, they would simply leave the taxes and fees.

In fact, they are afraid to do so, especially in this uncertain situation.

If one day an emperor sends someone to ask them for an account, and if there is any delivery, it will not be too much to cut off the head at that time.

Therefore, directly handing over the rights is a kind of protection for themselves.

Just like the castle keeper of Upper Valley County is now a big businessman, and he has invested in several workshops in Upper Valley County, and the annual dividends are enough for him to be free.

People who can sit in this position are not fools, and there is no need to hesitate at all about how to choose, unless there are too many forces involved and the relationship in the city is complicated.

In any case, they are still very friendly to the recovery of Youzhou, because they can't afford to provoke them.

It was these things that the anti-kings communicated in private, and Youzhou sent five hundred people to talk to the county guard of Shanggu County and successfully occupied the city and county, which was very exciting to them.

"I knew that this would be the case, and I directly led the troops to attack the state capital, maybe at this time the number of soldiers and horses could be doubled.

"Who said no, it's good now, it's really panicked that I can't leave Luoyang."

Among them, Li Mi was silent, his Wagang soldiers were strong, why didn't he think of this, he directly hit a state capital and used it in Luoyang to receive bird anger.

"What do you mean, if you all leave to attack the city and county, are you willing to give up Luoyang?"

A word woke up the dreamers, and the anti-kings have complained now, and they are not willing to give up. balance

Li Mi was very moved, and when he returned to the general's mansion after drinking with the anti-kings, he immediately called Xu Maogong and Shan Xiongxin to talk about it.

"Mao Gong, the geographical location of Wagangzhai is the gravity of soldiers, do you think it is good to take the development of nearby cities and counties?"

Li Mi can say this because he has already made up his mind.

Xu Maogong has been with him for so long, and he knows Li Mi's thoughts, in his opinion, it is naturally good to run the city and county, at least there is a tax to supply the Wagang soldiers.

But managing a city is not so easy, where there will be people willing to take the initiative to donate the city, it is not to rely on fighting.

In fact, this is very consuming of Wagang troops and energy, after attacking the city, it is necessary to occupy the garrison, and a city and county need to be stationed at least 30,000 soldiers and horses to be considered safe.

In this way, the Wagang soldiers were naturally divided into some strengths, and it was impossible to bring out all the soldiers and horses if they wanted to go on the expedition, and the city could not be defended.

Xu Maogong has an IQ, and he doesn't look at the fact that Youzhou is so big and there are many soldiers and horses, why are they the least the ones who fight.

There are two sides to everything, and I have discussed this matter with Li Mi before, and the casualties in this attack on the city were greater.

The cost of attacking a city may be reduced now, but it is also unaffordable.

Don't look at the 300,000 soldiers and horses are very majestic, that's because there are basically not too many things on the Wagang Village, and it is not easy to replace it with a city.

"Wei Guogong, if this matter is to transfer the soldiers and horses back to Wagang, it is okay, but in that case, it is necessary to develop local forces, and the dispute between Chang'an and Luoyang may not be able to catch up in the future."

Xu Maogong was telling the truth, how could he still send troops to participate in this kind of thing with a foundation, and they were all trapped in Luoyang like now.

The Li family is now digesting the fruits of victory, and I believe that it will not be long before the anti-kings will be calculated by the Li family.

Xu Maogong had already expected it, but what could he do.

After listening to Xu Maogong's words, Li Mi hesitated, he really couldn't let go of Luoyang.

"Duke Mao, I have made up my mind, since there is a stalemate in Luoyang, it is better to let General Shan take his soldiers and horses back to attack a few cities and counties as a foundation, and it is better to keep Taoguang and obscure."

Li Mi seemed to be jealous of the decision he made in desperation, but in fact, he really thought about it, Taoguang and obscurity are a way, and it is good to leave a way back for himself.

Xu Maogong immediately chose to support, it was good to leave a way back, and it was not safe for the 300,000 soldiers and horses in Wagang to be trapped in Luoyang.

As a result, the first to withdraw most of the troops was the Wagang soldiers, who directly transferred 250,000 soldiers and horses, and the demand for food and salary was saved at once.

Luoyang's dividends can just meet the maintenance of 50,000 soldiers and horses.

What Li Mi's idea is, the anti-kings who drink with him every day know very well, not only the Wagang soldiers, but even some anti-kings have already begun to prepare, taking advantage of this time not to occupy a good foundation.

Li De didn't expect that his expansion of Youzhou's power would cause a reaction from the anti-kings.

In the months that followed, there were constant battles in the state capitals, and many united anti-king forces were found to be attacking the city together.

The central and southern parts of the country began to be in turmoil.

But they didn't have the same treatment as Youzhou if they wanted to capture the city, they all fought behind closed doors, and they held back the anti-kings for a while.

Except for the powerful Wagang soldiers, the other anti-kings basically suffered a lot of losses.

After Li De saw the information of Red Peony, he really had nothing to say to these anti-kings, and there was no one who attacked a county town of five or six thousand soldiers and horses and almost put 20,000 people into it.